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World TB Day

World Tuberculosis Day, is observed on 24 March each year, It is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis and efforts to eliminate the disease. In 2018, 10 million people fell ill with TB, and 1.5 million died from the disease, mostly in low and middle-income countries. This also makes it […]

Marburg Outbreak: Health Ministry Sends Team to Tanzanian Border

After an outbreak of the viral sickness in Kagera, Tanzania, the health ministry of Uganda has dispatched a team to conduct a Marburg spread risk assessment on the Tanzania-Uganda border. Tanzania and Uganda share a boundary in Kagera. According to the ministry’s spokesperson, Emmanuel Ainebyoona, teams have been sent to conduct risk assessments in the […]