Mariana Mazzucato LONDON – As COVID-19 spread earlier this year, governments introduced lockdowns in order to prevent a public-health emergency from spinning out of control. In the near future, the world may need to resort to lockdowns again – this time to tackle a climate emergency. Shifting Arctic ice, raging wildfires in western US states and elsewhere, […]
Access to quality healthcare is a fundamental human right rather than a luxury and it is because of this fact that International Hospital Kampala (IHK) has launched a two-month arthroscopy camp to treat patients with joint pains, joint swelling, inability to move the joints, cracking sounds in the joints, inability to use the joints following […]
Emirates has said it will resume flights to Accra, Ghana and Abidjan, Ivory Coast from 6 September. The addition of these two destinations takes the total number of points served by Emirates in Africa to 11. This will also take the airline’s passenger network to 81 destinations in September, offering customers around the world even […]
The wake of 27th March 2020 might have been a typical day for many Ugandans, but not for me. On my part, it was the day that I got tested for COVID-19, and two days later, on the 29th March 2020, I was declared COVID-19 positive. In shock and confusion, all I could do was […]
The Mukono District Principal Medical Officer has strongly urged all residents of Mukono to intensify hand washing efforts at a personal and household level, in order to stop the community transmission of the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19). Dr Anthony Konde highlighted the increasing number of cases in Mukono district was evidence that the public was […]
The 97Fund, a Ugandan based Open-end Investment Vehicle (HoldCo) that invests in high growth early-stage companies in Africa and managed by Ortus Africa Capital, has launched a $1 Million COVID-19 Relief Fund (the “Fund”). The Relief Fund targets companies responding to the pandemic in the business model sectors of healthcare, tourism, education, finance, New Ways […]
BY SAMUEL NABWIISO Uganda Aids Commission (UAC) is to launch a five years National HIV/AIDS strategic plan which will guide the commission in implementing plans that aimed at fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country. The objective of the 2020-2025 strategic plan is to address some of the HIV/AIDS related issues that were not […]
The program will support 300 high-performing entrepreneurs with up to 150,000 USD each in zero-interest loans, and will provide technical support to spur Africa’s economic recovery. Kigali, Rwanda – Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners (ESPartners), in collaboration with the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) and Ecobank, has launched the African Resilience Initiative for Entrepreneurs (ARIE) – a […]
Uganda has registered its 12th COVID 19 related death according to the Ministry of Health. The dead person is a 65-year-old male, a resident of Kampala. He was admitted in Nsambya hospital and later transferred to China-Uganda Friendship hospital after developing signs and symptoms consistent with COVID19. According to the Ministry of Health, the patient […]
FlyersRights.org, the largest airline passenger organization, formally submitted a rulemaking petition to the Department of Transportation to mandate mask-wearing by all persons on planes and at airports. The DOT has just published the rulemaking petition, even though the petition was submitted 10 days ago on August 4, 2020. In April, the CDC recommended the wearing […]
During the International Youth Day, the power of the youth was celebrated as critical agents of social change at the community, village or national and global levels. The role that young people play in creating conversations and engaging with the public to take action on unequal opportunities that are rampant mostly among marginalized populations is […]
Malaria remains a leading cause of illness and death in Uganda. Most of the country’s 43 million population is at risk. And the disease accounts for between a third and half of all outpatient consultations. Each malaria episode costs a family on average 9 US dollars. Even though Uganda had the 2nd largest reduction in […]
Standard Chartered Bank in partnership with Brien Holden Vision Institute (BHVI) has made a donation of Personal Protective Equipment worth Ugx 74 million to Mubende Regional Referral Hospital to support the community in the fight against COVID 19. The PPEs donated include; Disposable coveralls, Eye goggles, heavy-duty and surgical gloves, Aprons, Infra-red thermometers, N95 masks, […]