Browsing: Public health
KAMPALA, Uganda — A 38-year-old boda boda rider was shot dead by a police officer in Ndejje Kanaaba, Makindye-Ssabagabo, on Saturday morning as security personnel…
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States — US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to narrow federal recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations and encouraging…
KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda has ordered the immediate recall of dozens of alcoholic beverages from the market and shut down eight manufacturing facilities in one…
KAMPALA, Uganda — When thousands of Ugandans picked up brooms, shovels and wheelbarrows for the country’s first National Cleaning Day, the government hoped to demonstrate…
KAMPALA, Uganda — A new government initiative to clean up Uganda’s streets has triggered widespread criticism, legal challenges, and allegations of heavy-handed policing. Prime Minister…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s first mandatory National Cleaning Day is set to proceed on Saturday under tight movement restrictions despite mounting opposition from legal and…
KAMPALA, Uganda — The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Uganda has formally objected to the government’s newly introduced National Cleaning Days, arguing that the mandatory monthly…
KAMPALA, Uganda — For many Ugandans, Maggie Kiweesi was known through the people around her. She was the mother of the late musician Emmanuel Mayanja,…
KAMPALA, Uganda — The warning sounded almost casual at first. As Uganda’s Parliament discussed a recent spike in severe malaria cases that claimed the lives…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Susan Njeri remembers a time when her breasts were simply part of growing up. Like many girls, she watched her body change…