Stories :: Category: Lifestyle :: Accepted date: April 2019

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• 350 Get Free Cataract Surgery in Masaka

  18 Apr 2019, 19:37 Comments 105 Views Masaka, Uganda Health Lifestyle Science and technology Updates

  Cataract is a medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes progressively opaque and subsequently resulting in blurred vision. Dr Khizar says the condition is one the major causes blindness in humans, which is largely a caused by aging processes. He explains that the number of specialized operation adds to more than 2,500 other patients that have also received services at the medical camp.

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  Ezekiel Ssekweyama

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• Matembe Asks Gov't to Address Plight of Street Children

  11 Apr 2019, 19:59 Comments 278 Views Moroto, Uganda Human rights Politics Lifestyle Updates

  Matembe, who was speaking in Moroto, wondered why children from the Karamoja region have continued to roam the streets of Kampala and other towns when their leaders are quiet.

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• Gov’t Asked to Cater for Inmates with Special Needs

  11 Apr 2019, 17:07 Comments 160 Views Mityana, Uganda Human rights Lifestyle Report

  John Ssenjobe the officer in -charge of Mityana Prison says there are special supplies for inmates with special needs which they don’t receive making it difficult to manage the inmates.

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• More Ugandans Seeking Weight Loss Surgical Procedures

  10 Apr 2019, 17:21 Comments 224 Views Health Lifestyle Feature

  The most common procedure is Bariatric surgery, which involves reducing the size of the stomach with a gastric band, and the gastric bypass surgery which involves re-routing the small intestine to a small stomach pouch. Through the gastric bypass, surgeon’s make a small pouch that skips most of the stomach, going straight to the intestine.

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  Pamela Mawanda

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• Parents Exposing Children to Pornography – Report

  10 Apr 2019, 15:54 Comments 279 Views Kampala, Uganda Education Health Lifestyle Report

  The most startling was the confession that parents had equally exposed their children to pornography, while actions by some parents had initiated their offspring’s into sexual activity. Students said they accidentally found their parents having sex or their neighbours having sex. These concerns were particularly raised by Day Scholars.

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  Davidson Ndyabahika

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• Masaka Inmates Want Mentally Unstable Colleagues Relocated

  9 Apr 2019, 20:30 Comments 186 Views Masaka, Uganda Human rights Crime Lifestyle Updates

  Deogratias Oqwapit, the In-charge of Masaka Prison also raised concern about congestion in the cells. He explained that there up to 1,041 inmates in the facility that is meant for 380 inmates.

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• Civil Rights Defenders Courting Health Workers to Defend PWDs Top story

  9 Apr 2019, 18:46 Comments 286 Views Lwengo, Uganda Human rights Health Lifestyle Updates

  Richard Musisi, the Executive Director MADIPHA, says reports from their group members indicate that many are still finding it hard to access healthcare due to different impairments, something that worsens their vulnerability.

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• Pictorial: Through the Lens after a Downpour in Kampala Top story

  9 Apr 2019, 16:54 Comments 287 Views Kampala, Uganda Business and finance Lifestyle Environment Slideshow

  The rain started a few minutes after 6:00 am and took the better part of Tuesday morning. Road users, business, school children, among others, were affected in a downpour that preceded almost two hours of inactivity.

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• Busoga Kingdom in Drive to Promote Community Tourism

  7 Apr 2019, 12:20 Comments 368 Views Jinja, Uganda Business and finance Lifestyle Misc Report

  Unveiling the 2019 tourism plan, the Kingdom’s Tourism Minister, Hellen Namutamba says that, most European tourists are attracted to African culture arguing that people who own traditional homes will gain out of this venture.

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• Stigma Hindering TB Treatment in Greater Masaka

  6 Apr 2019, 12:30 Comments 245 Views Health Lifestyle Misc Analysis

  Doctor Muhammad Kawuki the in -charge of Lwemiyaga Sub-Health district says, many health workers shun treating TB patients even when they turn up in big numbers.

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• Train Accident Paralyses Traffic in Parts of Kampala

  5 Apr 2019, 16:10 Comments 326 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Lifestyle Report

  Ashiraf Bukenya, an eye witness and a bodaboda rider at Mukwano roundabout says that the truck which was fully loaded with maize grains could hardly brake at the time.

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• Women Outliving Men As Life Expectancy Increases Globally

  5 Apr 2019, 07:57 Comments 496 Views Human rights Health Lifestyle Updates

  The report suggests that differing attitudes to healthcare between men and women help to account for the discrepancy in life expectancy between the sexes. In countries with generalized HIV epidemics, for example, men are less likely than women to take an HIV test, less likely to access antiretroviral therapy and more likely to die of AIDS-related illnesses than women, the study finds.

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