| Archived
1st November 2007 |
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AMREF, drug giant boost children’s health |
| Three years ago, in 190 primary
schools across Soroti district, the retention rate of
pupils in class was 8.4%. However, the African Medical
and Research Foundation (AMREF) and pharmaceutical giant
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have worked together for the last
three years to make that figure 52.4%. |
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Is good mental health a development concern? |
| Until recently, in this country
mental health was being equated to severe mental disorders,
popularly described as “madness”. |
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Refined cooking oil best |
| The cooking oil industry in
Uganda is largely dominated by Mukwano, Rafiki, Muddu,
Nile-Agro and Bidco cooking oil companies, and of course
with the exception of a few foreign brands from the
USA and Kenya. |
| Archived
25th October 2007 |
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Uganda for nationwide cancer vaccination |
| Uganda will soon embark on
a nationwide vaccination exercise against cervical cancer.
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HIV: Minister wants all children reached |
| The Minister of State for
Primary Health, Dr. Emmanuel Otaala, has said the biggest
reason why HIV-positive children are not receiving treatment
is because they have not been accessed. |
| Archived
18th October 2007 |
| We
all need our biological parents |
| Two weeks ago, Street Talk
in The Weekly Observer carried an interesting cross-section
of views on surrogate motherhood. |
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| Epilepsy
is treatable and preventable |
| Doc’s
Diary
Epilepsy is one of the many but common brain disorders.
The problem results from abnormal electrical activity
in the brain which results into involuntary change
in body movements, level of consciousness and behaviour. |
| Archived
11th October 2007 |
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Do you know your blood group? |
Many people have no idea what
their blood group or blood type is.
Probably because very few donate blood, and many cannot
even imagine that they will ever need a blood transfusion.
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| Archived
4th October 2007 |
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Uganda still struggling to accept surrogate mothers
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| To hire a surrogate mother
would cost between Shs 5 million to Shs 10 million in
Uganda. That’s according to gynaecologist Tamale
Ssali of the Kampala Gynaecology and Fertility Centre
(KGFC) in Bukoto. |
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| Homosexuality
tendencies can go away with counselling |
Doc’s Diary
Homosexuality is a term that has attracted
a lot of interest in the sections of the media for long
and particularly so in the recent few weeks or so. |
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