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@kfm Thu, 23 May 2024 19:47:23
Health professionals urged to strengthen STI diagnosis
Health professionals have been asked to strengthen diagnosis as one of the sure ways of reducing Uganda’s disease burden for Sexually Transmitted Infected (STIs). This after a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report released on Tuesday this week indicated that, STIs such as Syphilis Gonorrhoea are on the rise in most regions of the world including here in Uganda. “The rising incidence of syphilis raises major concerns,” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “Fortunately, there has been important progress on a number of other fronts, including accelerating access to critical health commodities, including diagnostics and treatment,Mr. Adhanom saild. “We have the tools required to end these epidemics as public health threats by 2030, but we now need to ensure that, in […]
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@kfm Thu, 23 May 2024 19:17:44
Delayed compensation hindering Rwenkunye-Apac road project
By Santo Ojok The delayed compensation of the project-affected persons has hindered the progress of Rwenkunye-Apac road project. According to KFM’s Santo Ojok, the issue has raised concern among local residents. “The project have faced very many challenges ranging from the nature of the soil of the place and you see all the place is watery, revoking of the money back to the treasury also caused the delay,”Mr. Ojok said. “Bad roads making the transportation of the materials difficult, delay in process payment, those are the hiccups that has made us to move as scheduled,” he added.
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