La Ruche Health wins 2025 Prix Galien Africa Award for Innovation in Digital Healthcare

The 2025 Prix Galien Africa has honoured Côte d’Ivoire’s La Ruche Health, led by Mr. Rory Assandey, for its groundbreaking work in expanding access to digital healthcare across Africa. Now in its fifth year, the Prix Galien Africa celebrates...

More than 40 killed in crash of four vehicles in Uganda

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Two buses and two other vehicles crashed early Wednesday on a highway in western Uganda, killing at least 46 people, police said, in one of the worst motor accidents in the East African country in recent years. Police...

Medical Support Departs for Alaska, Mexico Flood Response Efforts

By Tori Gordon Over the past week, Direct Relief has delivered 794 shipments of requested medical aid to 50 U.S. states and territories and 17 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 28.7 million defined daily doses of medication. Medications...

Animal health provider, ERAM to celebrate 30 years in business

Leading animal health provider, ERAM Uganda Limited, will mark 30 years of operation on October 30, 2025, celebrating a journey defined by resilience, innovation, and growth. The anniversary festivities will begin with the official opening of ERAM...

Q&A: Trump’s cuts make LGBTQ+ Ugandans more unsafe, activist says

What’s the context? Prominent Ugandan LGBTQ+ activist Frank Mugisha hopes the courts will repeal the country's latest anti-LGBTQ+ law. LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump's foreign aid cuts are making life more dangerous for LGBTQ+ people in...

BuCor proposes hike in prisoner medical allowance

EJ Macababbad - The Philippine Star October 24, 2025 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Saying it is high time for an increase, the Bureau of Corrections is urging lawmakers to increase the medical allowance for prisoners to at least P30, with BuCor...

From Waste to Hope: Ugandans turn garbage into green gold

Residents of Kireka, a Kampala suburb, take part in training under the Waste to Wealth initiative Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Across Uganda, heaps of banana peels, wilted greens, and eggshells often lie rotting in dustbins or along village...

Uganda renews call for hygiene in schools

As Uganda joined the rest of the world to mark Global Handwashing Day, the government, in partnership with Dettol Uganda, renewed its commitment to promoting hygiene, dignity, and health in schools and communities. The call to action was made by...

Museveni hails Arrow Boys for fighting rebels in Teso

Amuria, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has paid glowing tribute to the Arrow Boys of Teso for their bravery and sacrifice in defending their communities against insurgent forces, describing them as heroes who helped...

Uganda’s GDP to increase to $581b by 2040

A report by the National Planning Authority (NPA) has envisioned that the economy would expand to a GDP of $581b, with a per capita income of $9,500 (Shs32.6m), with 90 percent of Ugandans fully integrated in the money economy by 2040. The report...

Building Rent-To-Own Homes For Women In Uganda

In 2007, Anne Rweyora’s father passed away and she, her mother, and seven siblings were forced to move from their home in Uganda. At the time, women were often forcibly removed from their homes after the death of a male relative. So they moved...

Diabetes and Erectile Dysfunction: A Ugandan Study

In a groundbreaking study that sheds light on a pressing health issue, researchers from Uganda have delved into the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) among diabetic patients in Western Uganda. Conducted across three selected clinics, this...

Uganda: MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh plants sapling at Swaminarayan temple complex in Kampala

Kampala [Uganda], October 17 (ANI): Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh visited the Swaminarayan temple Complex in Kampala and planted a sapling there as a part of 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' initiative. Sharing the...

More than 40 killed in a crash of buses in western Uganda

KAMPALA, Uganda -- Two buses and two other vehicles crashed early Wednesday on a highway in western Uganda, killing at least 46 people, police said, in one of the worst motor accidents in the East African country in recent years. Police initially...

46 killed, several injured in horrific accident as 2 PSV buses collide in Uganda

On Wednesday, October 22, a horrific road accident occurred along the Kampala-Gulu highway The Uganda Police Force issued a detailed statement explaining how the grisly accident that left 63 people dead occurred Photos and videos from the scene of...

Sudanese refugees in Uganda find safety opportunity and hope amid war’s turmoil

Uganda has long stood as one of Africa’s most open and compassionate hosts for refugees, a distinction that has gained renewed significance amid the devastating war in Sudan. Currently, the East African nation shelters over two million refugees –...

Third Local Ordinary of Uganda’s Catholic Diocese of Jinja Dies at 72, Eulogized as “a pillar of development in Church”

Bishop Wamika was ordained to the Priesthood for the East African nation’s Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo in September 1979 at the age of 26. He began his Episcopal Ministry as Auxiliary Bishop of the Tororo Metropolitan See in February 1994 and...

Health Works Leaders Coalition Launched To Promote Health System Investments And Spur Economic Growth, Job Creation

The World Bank Group, the Government of Japan, and the World Health Organization officially launched the Health Works Leaders Coalition . This global alliance brings together health and finance ministers, philanthropic organizations, business...

Uganda records 64% drop in AIDS related deaths

HIV prevention is integrated within our road construction projects. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) has recorded a sharp fall in both AIDS-related deaths and new HIV infections. Speaking during a sitting of the...

AP News: More than 40 people killed in a crash of buses and other vehicles in western Uganda

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Two buses and two other vehicles crashed early Wednesday on a highway in western Uganda, killing at least 46 people, police said, in one of the worst motor accidents in the East African country in recent years. Police...