Tayebwa directs Uganda Cancer Institute leadership to investigate staff sending patients to private facilities for medicine

Kampala, Uganda: The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has directed the management of Uganda Cancer…

Double your effort to Aids & make the world better, U. S. Amb. & Uganda’s PM Nabbanja plead to Ugandans

By John Mulokwa’Julius Mugaga-Umoja Standard. MUBS, Kampala-Uganda: Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja while officially opening the National…

CSOs Consortium seek thorough revision of Genetic Engineering Regulatory Bill, 2018

By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard. Kampala, Uganda: Uganda’s Consortium of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Tuesday…

Gavi commits to execute Zero-Dose Immunization Programme (ZIP)

By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard. Makerere University: While giving a Keynote address on power and science…

No Ebola lockdown, M7 allays fear amongst Ugandans

Kampala, Uganda:  On Friday, Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni declared that Ebola lockdown will not…

Mak’s CoVAB proposes a taught PhD in Global Biosecurity & Ecosystems Health (GLOBECO)

By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard. Makerere University: College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (CoVAB)…

Donors lose trust in Uganda’s Gov’t, Ebola response fund to go through agencies

Kampala, Uganda: On Wednesday Ms. Natalie E. Brown the United States of America to Uganda seconded…

Uganda on tentahooks as GMO Bill advances

UGANDA: Yesterday Umoja Standard News Agency pubulished a story where neigbouring Kenya have begun reacting to…

First patient succumbs to Ebola in Masaka

Masaka Uganda: Yesterday, the first Ebola death was registered in Masaka City.Recently Masaka Regional Referral Hospital…

Kenya lifts ban on GMOs, what does it mean for the East Afican Market

NAIROBI: Kenya recently lifted a ban on the cultivation and importation of genetically modified crops amid…