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    UNBS’ challenges are seen in its planned activities that either fail to happen completely or just halfway. In the 2023/24 financial year, UNBS had 9,000 planned inspections but could only afford 2,453, leaving vast gaps where counterfeit and unsafe products thrive.

    Flush With Cash, Starved of Capacity: Why UNBS Risks Becoming the Uganda National Bureau of Substandards

    Jeff WintersThe Big StorySeptember 17, 2025September 17, 2025

    Uganda’s watchdog charged with policing the quality of goods and services is flush with cash yet dangerously hollow in capacity. Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) closed the 2023/24 financial…

    AstraZeneca’s Healthy Heart Africa Programme to reach 10 more African countries

    CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisDecember 2, 2022December 2, 2022

    AstraZeneca has announced a planned expansion of its access to healthcare programme, Healthy Heart Africa (HHA), to 10 new countries, starting in 2023. The programme, which is currently present in…

    Africa makes history in the fight against sleeping sickness

    CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryThought LeadershipNovember 1, 2022November 1, 2022

     By Joseph Ndung’u This spring, three African countries recognized a major milestone: Benin, Rwanda, and Uganda have each been validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating at least one form…

    Dei Biopharma awaits approvals on first Covid-19 medicine produced in Uganda

    CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMarch 9, 2022March 10, 2022

    MATUGGA – Dei Biopharma is awaiting approval of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to out it’s Molnupiravir drug, which will be the first such product to treat Covid-19 infection in…

    Assessing the importance of conducting routine medical check-up

    CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisThought LeadershipDecember 4, 2021December 4, 2021

    By Paul Nagemi Medical personnel often urge us to conduct routine medical examinations as a way of ensuring that our bodies are in a good health state. However, most of…

    Danish government extends UGX5b Grant towards Covid-19 Resurgence Response in Uganda

    CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisJuly 22, 2021July 22, 2021

    The Danish Government, through its Embassy in Uganda has, through the World Health Organization (WHO), extended a grant worth UGX5 billion to the Government of Uganda towards the implementation of…

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