Ntungamo district with support from UNICEF has embarked on conducting trainings for village health teams (VHTs) on COVID-19 pandemic. The district targets to train all the 1947 VHTs in the district who are implementing the program of treating child hood illnesses at community level like malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea (ICCM program). According to Nesterio Twesigye …
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The Good and Bad as Mbarara becomes a city. Mbarara municipality is now a city, since July 1, 2020 with Jinja, Fort Portal, Masaka, Mbale, Arua and Gulu. It is believed that the name Mbarara was derived from Emburara Grass (Hyperanea-Lusiasis) that was common in the area because some white guy failed to properly pronounce …
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April 24,1981, San Francisco (U.S) resident Ken Horne is reported to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) with Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS). On June 5,1981 (39 yrs ago), the CDC would retroactively identify him as the first patient of the AIDS epidemic in the US. He was also suffering from Cryptococcus. Worldwide,number of people with HIV/AIDS …
History – 27th May, by Aaron Ainomugisha https://twitter.com/AaronAinomugis3 1980 (40 yrs ago) – Former President, Milton Obote (R.I.P) returned to Uganda after 9 years of exile in Tanzania. He landed in Bushenyi district amidst celebrations from Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) supporters. 1963 (57 yrs ago) – Jommo Kenyatta (R.I.P) was elected as Kenyan Prime Minister …
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