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Hoima District, August 26, 2015:     The leadership pf Hoima District has pledged to fully support the Better Farming Better Me project aimed at supporting tobacco farmers to diversify from tobacco growing to other alternatives.  Addressing a team from CTCA and...

Wednesday, July 29th 2015 Today, we gather here to congratulate Government, Ministry of Health, the Movers and Seconders  of the Bill, Health Committee of parliament, all MPs, International Community partners particularly; WHO, CTFK, the UNION, ATCA and ACBF, fellow...

Kampala- Tuesday July 28, 2015 :   Time Check is 13: 44 in Uganda’s Parliament on a cool Tuesday afternoon, and Speaker Jacob Oulanyah is presiding over the House that started debate at 10:00 am. The Speaker asks for those in favor of the motion to pass the TC Bill,...

(From THE UNION) In memoriam: Dr Annik Rouillon, MD, MPH (1929-2015) Dr Annik Rouillon, MD, MPH, former Executive Director of The Union and one of the foremost leaders in 20th century public health, passed away on Monday, 13 July, 2015 at the age of 85. Serving as...

Kampala: July 15, 2015- It was a jovial mood in a well attended session of Parliament on Tuesday July 14, when the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon Jacob Olaunyah invited the House on the question of whether the Tobacco Control Bill should be supported for the second...

Kampala- July 9, 2014- The Tobacco Control Bill 2014 presented in Uganda’s Parliament for the 2nd Reading The Tobacco Control Bill 2014 was this afternoon presented to the Parliament of Uganda for the 2nd reading following a consultative  process by the Parliamentary...

One out of every three youths who visit bars in Kampala smoke shisha/ water pipe tobacco with the majority of them initiating the habit by age of 23 years. This is according to a study carried out by Christine Aanyu, a Masters Research Student of Makerere University...