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Jubilee Health launches wellness initiatives to combat rising non

WEBJubilee Health Insurance launched its wellness initiative, Maisha Fiti, in the Ugandan market on Wednesday, marking a significant milestone in the company's …

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WEBStanbic Uganda’s annual net profit rose. Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited said its annual net profit rose by 15.2 per cent and was mainly driven by its anchor …

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40% of Uganda’s health centres don’t stock drugs to treat chronic

WEBJeremy Schwartz, Yale University and Mari Armstrong-Hough, Yale University. When the World Health Organisation created an essential medicines list in …

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Rocket Health is providing telemedicine services to all UAP-OM …

WEBIssued by: The Medical Concierge Group UAP Old Mutual has partnered with Rocket Health to widen its service offerings for medical insurance members by adding …

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US warns companies of risks of doing business in Uganda

WEBThe US issued a “business advisory” on the potential “financial and reputational risks resulting from endemic corruption” in Uganda, as well as “violence …

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Uganda’s prolonged closure of schools: the impact is deep and …

WEBUganda enforced the longest period of school closures worldwide – 22 months – during the Covid-19 pandemic. The strategy was subject to scrutiny by many …

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Visibility study of Kampala, Nairobi, and Addis Ababa reveals big …

WEBThe global coronavirus pandemic is having a devastating effect on economies worldwide. However, one of the few positive consequences of travel restrictions and industrial …

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Oil and gas activities to improve healthcare in the country

WEBIssued by: Petroleum Authority of Uganda Diana Atwine, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health (MoH) last week led a team from the Petroleum …

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Company profile: Cipla Quality Chemicals Industries Ltd

WEBCiplaQCIL is a pharmaceutical company that manufactures drugs targeting three major diseases: malaria, HIV/Aids, and Hepatitis B. The company manufactures …

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Malaria vaccines constrained by access and limited reach

WEBThe approval of two malaria vaccines – the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine in 2021 and the R21/Matrix-MTM vaccine in 2023 – will help control, and eventually help …

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Crane Bank takeover — what you need to know, and implications

WEBAnd this year in March, BoU announced that it had sold Imperial Bank Uganda to Exim Bank (Tanzania) Ltd., five months after taking over Imperial Bank. This …

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How Africa can leverage diaspora funding for greater impact

WEBAfrica’s health financing gap amounts to at least $66bn. When it comes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal targets of delivering universal pre-primary, …

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Prudential Uganda scoops three Insurance Innovation awards

WEBPrudential Uganda won three awards at the second edition of the Insurance Innovation Awards held on Friday, 11 March and organised by the Insurance Regulatory …

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Covid-19 affects women and men differently. This calls for a …

WEBThe African Population Health Research Centre, based in Kenya, has been mining data across 47 countries in Africa, tracking differences in COVID-19 infection, …

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The economic pain caused by Covid-19 shows we need to reshape …

WEBIn the US, it is predicted that at least 200,000 intensive care unit (ICU) beds will be needed in the case of a moderate outbreak. The whole of Uganda, on the other …

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Digital economy: Airtel Uganda’s role in the transformation of the

WEBThe telecommunication industry in Uganda has registered tremendous growth over the past decade, both in terms of increasing teledensity and expanding networks …

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Why is sub-Saharan African drug use on the rise

WEBThe number of drug users in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to increase by nearly 150% by 2050, according to new research by the ENACT programme at the …

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India’s Covid crisis is bad news for the world economy

WEBThe second wave of the pandemic has struck India with a devastating impact. With over 300,000 new cases and 3,000 deaths across the country each day at …

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