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Enjoy African Wilderness on a Budget at Engiri Game Lodge

Nestled near the famous Kazinga Channel in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park, Engiri Game Lodge offers an affordable yet authentic safari experience for nature lovers and wildlife enthusiasts. Whether you…

Key things HIV/AIDS patients should do to stay healthy

Every year, Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark World AIDS Day with observers noting that steps be taken to curb new infections on the rise. Although people…

Is sugar the new tobacco?

By Dr Benson Nasasira The origins of sugar are thought to have been on the Islands of Polynesia from where it spread to India. Emperor Darius of Persia then invaded…

Uganda’s Health and COVID-19 Management

By Dr Kizza Besigye HEALTH (especially public health) is a PUBLIC GOOD that’s created through collective choice; paid for collectively; and supplied to recipients without charge (or below cost). That’s…

Corona Virus: How to avoid contracting the fast spreading disease

Ever since an outbreak of Corona Virus (COVID-19) was declared in China in January, the disease has been spreading sporadically from Asia, the US, Europe and now to Africa with…

Why uganda needs to combat counterfeit medicines

On January 18, 2020, President Yoweri Museveni joined other African leaders at a two-day France – Africa summit in Lome, Togo to discuss drug trafficking and counterfeit medicines on the…

What You Did Not Know About HIV

The article tries to explain hw it is IMPOSIBLE to transmit HIV sexually if your HIV positive partner in a discordant relationship is adhering to treatment. Adherence simply means swallowing…

Breastfeeding: Why it is good for baby, Mother

Jackline Babirye, a mother of three is still breastfeeding her 3-year old girl and is not bothered by those saying the gal is too old. “I don’t see myself putting…