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Prof Nyirenda is currently Deputy Director at the MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Professor of Medicine and Global Non-Communicable Diseases, and Head of the Unit’s Non-Communicable Disease Research theme.His prominent career has ranged from molecular medicine to clinical and public health research, including investigations into non-communicable diseases, particularly around diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. He also has a strong interest in capacity building across Africa.

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“He was nominated for this award because of the leading role he played in educating us as Ugandans and the world at large about the Covid-19 virus during the pandemic,” Ms Hellen Nanteza Kawesa

Government explains drop in Covid-19 positive cases Monday February 01 2021 KAMPALA- Government statistics on Covid-19 testing for January have shown a significant drop in the number of positive cases. Comparison of the Health ministry reports found that a total of 4,317 Covid-19 cases have been detected in January, which is below the total 14,757 cases detected in December last year.  The statistics released on Saturday last week by the ministry shows that of the 2,260 Covid-19 samples tested...

Scientific investigations by the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) have not yet detected the new strain of coronavirus in the country, the management of the institute said on Wednesday. Prof Pontiano Kaleebu, the UVRI director, told Daily Monitor that the new strain is more transmissible than the previous strain due to the “unusual mutation” in 14 parts of the virus. “Among the samples we have tested, we have not detected the new strain,” he said yesterday in an interview. He said ...