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President Museveni Pardons 19 NUP Supporters After Pleading Guilty

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on November 22, 2024, pardoned 19 supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) who were arrested in connection with violence in November 2020 ahead of...

UNRA to Commence works at Mabira section along the Kampala—Jinja highway

The Uganda National Road Authority (UNRA) has announced upcoming maintenance works at the Mabira section along the Kampala...

Manifesto Week 2024: Uganda’s Tourism Industry Makes Significant Progress

During the Manifesto Week 2024, the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities showcased major achievements in Uganda’s tourism...

Uganda Launches UGX 46 Billion Health Infrastructure Project in Karamoja Region

The Ministry of Health, on Thursday, November 21, 2024, launched a €12 million ( approximately UGX 46.6 Billion)...

Attorney General Defends Controversial Teachers Degree Requirement in Parliament

In a recent session before Parliament’s Education Committee, Attorney General Kiwanuka Kiryowa defended the requirement for all teachers...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 107 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 https://explorer.co.ug/# 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭’𝐬 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐏𝐃𝐌 Guluddene Jjemba commonly known as the President General of traditional healers in Uganda advised his group to follow the Ministry of Health guidelines on Ebola, to be able to fight the virus. He also told them to embrace government programs like PDM in order to curb the poverty that’s in their families. Guluddene said this while presiding over the election of a thirteen-member executive committee of traditional healers, for Kayabwe Town and Nkozi Sub-county at Nkozi Sub-county headquarters on 2nd...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 106 𝑳𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 https://explorer.co.ug/#  𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐀: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝: When Ebola is detected early, it can be treated and the chances of survival are high Treatment of Ebola includes; Providing fluids and electrolytes (body salts) through infusion into the vein, offering oxygen therapy to maintain oxygen status, using medication to support blood pressure, reduce vomiting, diarrhea and manage fever and pain. 𝐀𝐂𝐏-𝐄𝐔 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐄𝐔 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚’𝐬 𝐩𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 The Africa, Caribbean, Pacific — European Union (ACP-EU), a Joint Parliamentary Assembly sitting in Maputo City, Mozambique yesterday voted to let Uganda proceed with  operations on the East African Crude...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 106 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 https://explorer.co.ug/# 𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐀:𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 Blood or body fluids like urine, saliva, sweat, feces, vomit, breast milk, semen and blood of an Ebola infected patient or dead body. Using objects contaminated with body fluids of an Ebola patient dead body like clothes, beddings, cutting and piercing materials and syringes. Blood or body fluids of infected bats or nonhuman primates such as apes and monkeys. Semen and vaginal fluids of a person after recovering from Ebola through oral, vaginal or anal sex.  𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 Ministry of Health yesterday said that no...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 105 🇼‌🇪‌🇩‌🇳‌🇪‌🇸‌🇩‌🇦‌🇾‌ 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 https://explorer.co.ug/# 𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐀: 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐀 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 📌 Early Symptoms of Ebola virus include fever, headache, muscle pain and chills. Later on, a person may experience internal bleeding resulting in vomiting or coughing blood. One will experience pain in the abdomen, chest, and in the joints. Vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, eye redness, mental confusion and a sore throat are also signs that you are infected with Ebola. If you present the above, kindly seek medical attention. 🇺🇬𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 104 𝑳𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 https://explorer.co.ug/# 𝐌𝐔𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄: 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟  𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢se𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐲𝐢𝐣𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐳𝐢 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐝𝐮 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐒𝐎𝐏𝐬𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚  Ministry of Health has urged residents of Kyijaguzi in Madudu sub county to follow the SOPs put to prevent Ebola. These include washing your hands with clean water and soap, avoiding body fluids of Ebola suspects, allowing a trained team to burry the dead Ebola victims and above all, reporting suspected cases to health authorities. This is because of the growing numbers of Ebola in the country, where in the last 24hours, six new deaths have been...