Veterinarians as Essential Health Workers | By Dr Jesse Mukisa Mutesasira | In a lay man’s language, One health is an approach where many cats chase one rat. The cats consist of a collection of different professionals working under one team to achieve the same set target or solution towards societal health challenges (rat), or…
MANAFWA public servants on Friday joined long serving District Production Officer Dr. Denis Okello Odongo to celebrate his retirement. Okello received many gifts as a party was held in his honour soon after he handed over office to the district veterinary officer Dr Boniface Obbo who will act as acting head of Department of the…
SPECIAL FEATURE | On this Women’s Day 2023, The Independent sought out a word from a selection of Uganda’s Vet ladies who continue to set the pace in the world of medicine. With COVID-19 battles still in the mind of everyone, their stories remind us that veterinarians are the first and best line of defense…
Addressing Some Of Uganda’s Most Urgent Wildlife And Conservation Priorities In Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda, wildlife veterinarian and WCN 2019 scholarship recipient James Watuwa works quickly to free a baby African bush elephant from a snare. As the mother paces and trumpets nearby, James gently untangles the long, looped piece of wire cutting into the elephant’s…
