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…
The top 3 Veterinary Medicine students at Makerere Univesity – Elizabeth Owemigisha, Polly Nagaba and Alice Namata – have won a cash prize of Sh15 million from Norbrook. They received their cheque, to be broken down to sh7m, sh5m and sh3m prizes, from the Chancellor Makerere University Prof. Ezra Suruma at this monht’s 73rd Graduation…
Every year the world celebrates Rabies Day on 28th September, this global health observance started in 2007 to raise awareness about the world’s deadliest infectious disease and bring together partners to enhance prevention and control efforts worldwide. While rabies is a 100% preventable disease, nearly 60,000 people die from the disease around the world each year. World…
American Humane, America’s first national humane organization and the world’s largest certifier of animal welfare practices, names Ugandan wildlife Dr. Watuwa James a 2022 Finalist for the first inaugural WOLFGANG KIESSLING INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR SPECIES CONSERVATION. One of Uganda’s up-and-coming wildlife veterinarians, Dr. Watuwa James, approaches some of Uganda’s most pressing wildlife and conservation…
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations (FAO) through its Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Disease Control (ECTAD), and Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) as part of the Global Health Security Agenda Program (GHSA) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to build the field epidemiology capacity of the…
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…
Minister for Science, Technology and innovation Dr. Monica Musenero has challenged animal sector players to focus on research and value addition as the Uganda moves towards developing its entire industrial sector. Delivering the key note address at a two day Uganda Veterinary Association (UVA) symposium and Annual General Meeting at Imperial Royale Hotel Kampala December 2-3, Dr….
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has encouraged government and the Uganda Veterinary Association (UVA) to ensure the services of animal health personnel reaches out to the common person at the grass roots. This, FAO suggests, can be done by strengthening professionalism and improving staff levels across the country, and through…
The newly elected President of the Uganda Veterinary Association (UVA) Dr Daniel Kasibule and his predecessor Dr Syliva Baluka have called on government to recognize the role their members can play in improving the general health of the country. They called for greater Government concern on the misuse of antibiotics and relatedly, the prevalence of cancer…
