360° SearchNetwork Hot Spots Trends Time Series

Advanced Search Options >>

Rakai (Uganda)

Type: City

Name: Rakai (Uganda)

Country: Uganda

Latitude: -.72

Longitude: 31.4

population: 7,613

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

International AIDS Candlelight Memorial

Uganda: Remembering Those Killed By HIV/Aids

In the late 1980s, the HIV prevalence rate was 18%. It reduced to 6.2%, but has risen again to 7.3%, which is worrying policy makers and healthcare givers.Lutaaya has AIDS", read New Vision front page headline a day after musician Philly Bongole Lutaaya ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: HIV/AIDS, Uganda, Rakai (Uganda), International AIDS Candlelight Memorial

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Mutagamba launches Musambwa tourism project

Mutagamba launched a 10-year general management plan for Musambwa Island tourism programmenewvisionTourism minister Maria Mutagamba has launched a 10-year general management plan for Musambwa Island tourism programme in Rakai district.Musambwa Island, ... [Published New Vision - May 11 2013]

Entities: Maria MUTAGAMBA, Rakai (Uganda), Fauna and Flora International

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Mbarara’s grotesque cow, and a baby boom in Bugisu

Here is a State of the Nation report from an itinerant observer, written on the go after four weeks criss-crossing the country. My verdict is that Uganda is in rude health, the working words being ‘health’ and ‘rude’.The highways are generally good, most ... [Published Uganda Daily Monitor - May 07 2013]

Entities: Mbarara (Uganda), Kasese (Uganda), Masaka (Uganda), Mbale (Uganda), Uganda

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Researchers tackle new pest challenge in maize breeding

Ugandan scientists who have been conducting research on drought-resistant maize varieties for the last three years, seem to be faced with the challenge of the stem borer, which is destroying farmers’ fields.The researchers from National Agricultural Resources ... [Published Uganda Daily Monitor - May 03 2013]

Entities: Uganda, Insect, Drought-Tolerant

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Murderers get 40 years in jail

Masaka High Court Judge Margaret C. Oumo Oguli has sentenced two men to 40 years each in jail for murder. Godfrey Mutatiina, 34, and James Mushaija, 51, both residents of Sango Bay Village, Kakuuto Sub-county in Rakai District were found guilty of murdering ... [Published Uganda Daily Monitor - May 02 2013]

Entities: Murderer, Rakai (Uganda), Masaka (Uganda), prison

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

No arrests yet in 6 murder probes

Police are yet to apprehend suspects in major killings that happened in Kampala and Rakai districts since the year started despite carrying out investigations.In Rakai, for instance, unknown assailants killed nine members of the same family by slitting ... [Published Uganda Daily Monitor - May 02 2013]

Entities: Homicide, Kampala, Rakai (Uganda)

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Makerere University

Early HIV Counselling and Testing...

The 2011 Uganda AIDS Indicator Survey shows that although 90% of Ugandan adults aged 15-19 years know where to get an HIV test, only 57% have been tested and received the results. And of those that tested HIV positive, only 40% knew they were HIV positive. ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 01 2013]

Entities: HIV/AIDS, Rakai (Uganda), Uganda, Virus, Makerere University

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Uganda: Early HIV Counselling and Testing Is Only Way to an HIV/Aids-Free Generation

Entities: HIV/AIDS, Uganda, Rakai (Uganda)

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Pastor Lutaaya Talks About 50 Years in God's Service

When renowned pastor Robert Kayanja was a two-year-old in nappies in 1964 and the Pentecostal revival was just three years old in Uganda, a 17-year-old Isaiah Kalemera Lutaaya was giving his life to Jesus Christ, eventually changing his name from the ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 01 2013]

Entities: Pentecostalism, Robert Kayanja, Rakai (Uganda)

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Dramatic changes in bacteria following male circumcision could explain HIV protective effect

Removing the foreskin causes significant changes in the bacterial community of the penis, according to a study that also suggests how these changes offer protection from HIV infection. The new study was led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute ... [Published Science a GoGo - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Circumcision, Bacteria, HIV/AIDS

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 2 reports

Male circumcision reduces bacteria on penis and offers protection against HIV

Washington, Apr 17 (ANI): Removing the foreskin causes a significant shift in the bacterial community or microbiome of the penis, a new study has revealed.Male circumcision reduces the abundance of bacteria living on the penis and might help explain why ... [Published TruthDive - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Circumcision, HIV/AIDS, Bacteria

First reported Nov 30 2012 - Updated Nov 30 2012 - 1 reports

How Uganda’s fight with HIV became continent’s success story

Via The Daily Monitor, a report on the eve of World AIDS day on December 1: How Uganda’s fight with ‘new disease’ became continent’s success story. Excerpt:“A new disease has recently been recognised in rural Uganda. Because the major symptoms are weight ... [Published H5N1 - Nov 30 2012]

Entities: HIV/AIDS, Uganda, Rakai (Uganda)

Quotes

"I cried to the Lord to teach me English, because I admired Kefa so much. And one day, at 9am while at home, the spirit of the Lord came upon me and filled me, and I started speaking the old, King James version English! After a while, I bought a New Basic English Bible and also learnt to read my Luganda Bible" he said

Pastor Lutaaya Talks About 50 Years in God's Service [Published AllAfrica.com - May 01 2013]

"We know that male circumcision can prevent HIV and other diseases in heterosexual men, but it is important to know why" said Dr. Lance Price, the Director of TGen Center for Microbiomics and Human Health and the study's senior author

Dramatic Changes in Bacteria Following Male Circumcision Discovered By TGen-led Study [Published MedIndia - Apr 18 2013]

More Content

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Uganda: Remembering Those Killed By HIV/Aids [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]
More rains expected: A breakdown for each region [Published Uganda Daily Monitor - May 14 2013]
Mutagamba launches Musambwa tourism project [Published New Vision - May 11 2013]
Mbarara’s grotesque cow, and a baby boom in Bugisu [Published Uganda Daily Monitor - May 07 2013]
Researchers tackle new pest challenge in maize ... [Published Uganda Daily Monitor - May 03 2013]
Murderers get 40 years in jail [Published Uganda Daily Monitor - May 02 2013]
No arrests yet in 6 murder probes [Published Uganda Daily Monitor - May 02 2013]
Early HIV Counselling and Testing... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 01 2013]
Uganda: Early HIV Counselling and Testing Is On... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 01 2013]
Pastor Lutaaya Talks About 50 Years in God's Se... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 01 2013]
Dramatic changes in bacteria following male cir... [Published Science a GoGo - Apr 19 2013]
Dramatic Changes in Bacteria Following Male Cir... [Published MedIndia - Apr 18 2013]
Circumcision offers men some protection against... [Published News-Medical.Net - Apr 17 2013]
Male circumcision reduces bacteria on penis and... [Published TruthDive - Apr 17 2013]
Circumcision reduces bacteria living on penis [Published UPI - Apr 17 2013]
Dramatic changes in bacteria following male cir... [Published Science Daily - Apr 16 2013]
TGen-led study discovers dramatic changes in ba... [Published EurekAlert! - Apr 16 2013]
How Uganda’s fight with HIV became continent’s ... [Published H5N1 - Nov 30 2012]
Nasser Ssebagala Appointed Senior Presidenti... [Published AllAfrica.com - Aug 18 2012]

Blogs

sort by: Date \| Relevance
How Uganda’s fight with HIV became continent’s ... [Published H5N1 - Nov 30 2012] Via The Daily Monitor, a report on the eve of World AIDS day on December 1: How Uganda’s fight with ‘new disease’ became continent’s success story. Excerpt:“A new disease has recently been recognised in rural Uganda. Because the major symptoms are weight ...