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RESEARCHER CALLS FOR PROTECTION OF CHARISMATIC NUBIAN FLAPSHELL TURTLES

BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2023 Once considered extinct, Africa’s largest soft-shell turtle known as the Nubian Flapshell turtle has made an unexpected comeback in river Nile sections in Uganda’s West Nile and parts of South Sudan. However, the river shores along Enyau, a tributary of river Nile …

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LACROSSE AS A POTENTIAL TOURISM GOLD MINE, LETTER TO THE GOVERNMENT OF UGANDA

Letter to the Government of Uganda By Godwin Agaba Lacrosse as a potential tourism gold mine This is a matter of great national importance that deserves your urgent attention! In 2017, my political science professor and former CIA agent in Charge of the African desk, Dr Daniel Young,  gave me …

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MINISTRY OF HEALTH MEETS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS TO DISCUSS POST-EBOLA RECOVERY PLAN

MINISTRY OF HEALTH MEETS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS TO DISCUSS POST-EBOLA RECOVERY PLAN By Goodluck Musinguzi World Health Organization joined the Ministry of Health and other development partners to discuss and endorse the post-ebola recovery plan to be implemented in 180 days in the country(Uganda). Hon Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health …

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US lifts screening of Ugandan arrivals after Ebola outbreak declared over

US lifts screening of Ugandan arrivals after Ebola outbreak declared over By Goodluck Musinguzi The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  has lifted screening of travellers from Uganda to the United States has ceased after Ugandan officials declared the Ebola outbreak in their country (Uganda). Two 21-day(42)  incubation periods …

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Urgent call for better prevention and surveillance: After Ebola outbreak in Uganda

Urgent call for better prevention and surveillance: After Ebola outbreak in Uganda By Goodluck Musinguzi On Sept 20, health authorities in Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola virus after a 24-year-old was confirmed positive for the relatively rare Sudan strain of the virus, termed Sudan Ebola virus, for which there …

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CDC, WHO, Uganda to host regional meeting as Ebola spreads

CDC, WHO, Uganda to host regional meeting as Ebola spreads By Goodluck Musinguzi Doctors walk inside the Ebola isolation section of Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, in Mubende, Uganda. In this remote Ugandan community facing its first Ebola outbreak, testing trouble has added to the challenges with symptoms of the Sudan …

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