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EXCLUSIVE: Where to Access HIV Wonder Injection, Lenacapavir in Eastern Uganda

EXCLUSIVE: Where to Access HIV Wonder Injection, Lenacapavir in Eastern Uganda

The Ministry of Health has published Health Centres across the country where Lenacapavir is offered. The List that includes all Regional and General Hospitals also includes some Health Centre III’s.Lenacapavir is a first-in-class, long-acting HIV medication used to treat multi-drug resis

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As Museveni Takes Oath for Seventh Term, Let us Reflect on his Achievements Over the Past Six Terms

As Museveni Takes Oath for Seventh Term, Let us Reflect on his Achievements Over the Past Six Terms

On May 12, 2026, President Museveni will take the oath of office for the seventh time as President of Uganda. He is the only president I have known since I began to understand the world.I have grown, studied, graduated, and given birth to my child under his leadership. I cannot describe wh

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Uganda’s leading biotechnologist, Dr Andrew Kiggundu dead

Uganda’s leading biotechnologist, Dr Andrew Kiggundu dead

At the time of his passing, Dr Kiggundu was contributing to national efforts under NARO’s vaccine programme, including work linked to the development of an anti-tick vaccine aimed at protecting Uganda’s livestock sector.The late Dr Andrew Kiggundu contributed immensely to Uganda's vacc

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The hidden complexities of HIV’s Lenacapavir

The hidden complexities of HIV’s Lenacapavir

Global health is evolving rapidly, with breakthroughs turning into medicine.The latest advancement in viral research is Lenacapavir, an FDA-approved HIV injectable drug manufactured by American biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences.Renowned as a convenient, long-acting alternati

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Crown Beverages sacked Musinguzi for ‘feigning’ sickness due to exposure to ozone gas

Crown Beverages sacked Musinguzi for ‘feigning’ sickness due to exposure to ozone gas

Oscar Musinguzi worked at Crown Beverages’ Kakungulu plant off the Entebbe Express Way, as an operations supervisor for Nivana mineral water.He claims that the work was risky since it involved getting in close contact with ozone gas, a powerful, chemical-free oxidant used for water purif

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All Android users placed on red alert and urged to follow three new rules

All Android users placed on red alert and urged to follow three new rules

Android users are being urged to exercise extreme caution when installing new apps after security researchers uncovered a vicious new malware campaign. The latest attack installs a dangerous banking trojan known as BeatBanker, which can steal financial information and even secretly monitor infect

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Ex-UPDF Soldier Sentenced to 45 years in jail Over Defilement

Ex-UPDF Soldier Sentenced to 45 years in jail Over Defilement

Arua- In a noble affirmation of the rule of law and the protection of children, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has successfully prosecuted a former UPDF soldier, Anguzu Andrew (AA) for defiling a 13-year old girl, and the High Court sitting in Arua has sentenced him to 4

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Jinja man sues TASO for Shs 150m over erroneous HIV test

Jinja man sues TASO for Shs 150m over erroneous HIV test

Wataka claims he was erroneously diagnosed with the virus back in 2016 and forced to commence Antiretroviral treatment for over 7 years, only to discover that he was negative.A man in Jinja district has sued The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) over an alleged erroneous HIV diagnosis that

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Uganda Clears Twice-Yearly HIV Prevention Shot, Lenacapavir

Uganda Clears Twice-Yearly HIV Prevention Shot, Lenacapavir

Kampala — Uganda has approved Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injectable HIV prevention medicine developed by Gilead Sciences, in a move health officials say could accelerate the country’s drive to sharply cut new infections and meet global targets to end AIDS as a public health threat by the end

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Achieving lasting remission for HIV.

Achieving lasting remission for HIV.

Around the world, some 40 million people are living with HIV. And though progress in treatment means the infection isn’t the death sentence it once was, researchers have never been able to bring about a cure. Instead, HIV-positive people must take a cocktail of antiretroviral drugs for the rest

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