The over 10,000 students from both the Main Campus and Kihumuro say they chose to protest after the administration failed to respond to their issues despite several communications.
Dr. Joel Buzira a microbiologist at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) says they conducted a study at Mbarara hospital among pregnant women where they found women suffering from vaginal candidiasis were no longer responding to itraconazole and fluconazole.
The Vice-Chancellor Prof Celestine Obua says they were taken by surprise when the drug was seen being marketed on social media much earlier than anticipated.
St. Joseph’s Hospital in Wakiso together with the Rotary Club of Wakiso has mobilized funds to purchase a titanium plate which will be inserted in the baby’s face to act as the missing bone and support her non-functioning features.
In a letter dated August 14, 2019, addressed to Masaka nursing school Principal Mark Kalanzi, indicates that MUST council cleared the school to affiliate with the university and they can start teaching degree courses.
The scientific exercise is performed by the Cyber Metrics Lab (Spanish National Research Council, CSIC) with the intention of producing updated and useful information about the performance of Universities from all over the world based on their web presence and impact.
The trial is going to use the Janssen Ebola Vaccine that was developed by Janssen Pharmaceutical company. Phase I and II human trials of the vaccine have already been carried out by the Oxford Vaccine Group in the United Kingdom
“Nobody understands their issue. Maybe they are playing tribal politics because if you are accusing somebody, you should have concrete proof to say this man has stolen this money, this man has done and mismanaged this and therefore he can go. So accusing somebody and yelling on top of your voice doesn’t make what you are saying right. They have not provided evidence,” Prof. Obua said.
One of the issues under probe is the possibility that it is spread by Mosquitoes. Previous studies had linked the spread of disease in Kamwenge to walking on barefoot.
Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, the Makerere University Vice-Chancellor made the revelations during the Makerere University –Sweden Bilateral Research Cooperation’s annual planning meeting for research support to Uganda held at the University.
Professor Katunguka will head the Council consisting of eighteen eminent persons for the next five years effective March 22, 2019, the date of appointment. He replaces Professor Pen Mogi, former Vice Chancellor of Gulu University.
