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Great lakes region urged to tackle sexual violence- Gender minister Peace Mutuuzo

Great lakes region urged to tackle sexual violence- Gender minister Peace Mutuuzo

The Minister of State for Gender and Culture, Peace Mutuuzo has urged the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region training facility to set up a Centre for stakeholders to tackle sexual violence. Opening a two day training for judicial, military, medical, police, civil society and journalists this morning, Mutuuzo says this should be  a […]

Types of Diabetes

There are four types of diabetes; predicates, type 1, type 2 and Gestational Diabetes. However, the most common and medically discussed are type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Type 1 Diabetes The body does not produce insulin. Some people may refer to this type as insulin-dependent diabetes, juvenile diabetes, or early-onset diabetes. People usually develop […]

Aply for Medical Internship in Africa

Flexible medical student internships – 2 weeks minimum – All year round Medical Internships Africa: Advance Africa provides medical internships, nursing internships, midwifery internships, dental internships, physiotherapy internships and work experience placements in Africa. The internships have been designed specifically to meet the needs of medical students training to be doctors, dentists, physiotherapists, nurses and […]

Apply for Intellectual Property and Technology Law Scholarships

Intellectual Property and Technology Law Scholarships: The SCRIPT Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law offers scholarships for students wishing to pursue one of the following Distance Learning programmes: LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law LLM Medical Law LLM Intellectual Property Law LLM Information Technology Law Award Application Eligibility Criteria: Awards will […]

Pastor Umar Mulinde’s face restored

Pastor Umar Mulinde face has been restored by the doctors at Tel Aviv’s Sheba Medical Center in Israel. Pastor Mulinde is currently being treated in Israeli after an acid attack on his face and back. Mulinde, 38, went to Israel on Jan. 5. Pastor Haruna Male of Gospel Life Church International says that Mulinde will […]

Butabika medics resume work

The situation at Butabika National Referral Psychiatric Hospital has returned to normal after the medics who had gone on a sit-down strike resumed work. The nurses and some senior medics at Butabika hospital went on strike yesterday demanding for their salary arrears and the reinstatement of their risk allowances which were cut off by the […]

Male circumcision key to reducing HIV/AIDS prevalence in Uganda

Health experts have noted the need for all stakeholders to work towards scaling up the number of circumcised men in the country in order to curb HIV infections. Officials from the ministry of Health revealed that the prevalence of safe male circumcision must be increased from the current 25 % to at least 40% to […]