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HBO's 'Savior Complex' shows its main subject's smug religiosity and ignorance

MSNBC 28 Sep 2023
The new HBO documentary about Renee Bach, an untrained American playing doctor in Uganda, is a storm of religious arrogance, colonizer behavior and neglect ... .
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Savior Complex Gives Controversial Voice to Evangelical Missionary Accused of Child Deaths

Vanity Fair 26 Sep 2023
She has also never faced charges, either in the US or Uganda—even though Uganda’s rules and regulations regarding what types of medical care can only be performed by doctors are similar to those in the US. “She was living back here in the US, not facing any criminal charges, just a civil case in Uganda.
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USAID’s ‘Power’ Play on Religious Engagement

Longview News-Journal 25 Sep 2023
During the initial days of the PEPFAR program, Natsios recalled how he convened an unprecedented meeting of different religious leaders in Uganda, bringing together the chairman of a Muslim doctors association, the head of the Pentecostal Church, and bishops from the Anglican and Catholic churches.
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Bristol church celebrates 20 years of support for children, families in Uganda

Addison County Independent 24 Aug 2023
BRISTOLAround two decades ago, members of the First Baptist Church of Bristol pooled donations to help support youth in rural Uganda ... Mary Purinton is a member of the Bristol church and for years has sponsored a young woman in Uganda, who is now in her 30s and working as a doctor.
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AP News Summary at 2:50 a.m. EDT

Caledonian Record 17 Jun 2023
Microsoft Alarmed By Doctors Using ChatGPT In Healthcare ... KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan police say at least 25 people have been killed in a suspected rebel attack on a school near the Congo border ... Doctors advise people over 60 to stay indoors as India's northern state swelters in extreme heat.
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AP News Summary at 3:38 a.m. EDT

McAlester News-Capital 17 Jun 2023
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan police say at least 25 people have been killed in a suspected rebel attack on a school near the Congo border ... KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Washington is imposing visa restrictions for Ugandans it accuses of “undermining the democratic process” after the enactment of an anti-gay law in the East African country.
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AP News Summary at 3:23 a.m. EDT

Rutland Herald 17 Jun 2023
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan police say at least 25 people have been killed in a suspected rebel attack on a school near the Congo border ... KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Washington is imposing visa restrictions for Ugandans it accuses of “undermining the democratic process” after the enactment of an anti-gay law in the East African country.
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AP News Summary at 3:17 a.m. EDT

Commonwealth Journal 17 Jun 2023
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan police say at least 25 people have been killed in a suspected rebel attack on a school near the Congo border ... KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Washington is imposing visa restrictions for Ugandans it accuses of “undermining the democratic process” after the enactment of an anti-gay law in the East African country.
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D.C. still has an HIV epidemic

Washington Blade 09 Jun 2023
New CDC data from February 2023 shows that the percentage of D.C. residents with HIV has gone down ... The data specifically shows that 1.8% of D.C ... Ebola went on to ravage the DRC, Sudan, Congo, Gabon, and Uganda. Doctors are quick to call Ebola an epidemic (and for good reason), but are slow to call other diseases epidemics as well ... D.C ... area ... ....
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Uganda faces surge of HIV infections and Aids deaths as anti-LGBT laws drive patients underground

The Daily Telegraph 08 Jun 2023
Uganda faces a surge of HIV infections, local doctors have warned, as patients have been driven underground by the most draconian anti-gay laws on earth ... Across Uganda 1.4 ...
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‘Nobody will move us’: Uganda’s president dismisses criticisms from West on anti-homosexuality law

Life Site 01 Jun 2023
Ted Cruz shocks conservative supporters by condemning Uganda’s anti-sodomy law ... Concluding the address to the public, Uganda’s president asked two doctors if they would publicly affirm that homosexuality was a psychological perversion ... Two doctors affirmed that this was their medical judgment ... Biden adviser attacks Uganda’s anti-sodomy bill.
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Ugandan Cartoonist Highlights Poor Healthcare Via Social Media

Voa News 28 Apr 2023
A popular cartoonist in Uganda has launched a social media campaign to highlight the poor state of the country's healthcare system ... Uganda's Ministry of Health has disputed the allegations. Pictures of Ugandan doctors treating patients on the floors of hospitals, because of a lack of beds, have this week been circulating on social media.
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Ugandan Cartoonist Highlights Poor Health Care Via Social Media

Voa News 28 Apr 2023
A popular cartoonist in Uganda has launched a social media campaign to highlight the poor state of the country's health care system ... Uganda's Ministry of Health has disputed the allegations. Pictures of Ugandan doctors treating patients on the floors of hospitals, because of a lack of beds, have this week been circulating on social media.
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Nigerian philanthropist funds £10m African education centre at King’s College London

Ghana Business News 29 Mar 2023
Afe Babalola ... The Nigerian benefactor said about his donation to King’s ... King’s has also developed a new doctoral programme in engineering in collaboration with the Makerere University in Uganda, launched earlier this year, providing innovative training with industry placements ... Somaliland, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia ... Source.
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Who is Joseph Kony? The altar boy who became Africa's most wanted man

Beijing News 05 Mar 2023
The founder of the Lord's Resistance Army unleashed a wave of violence across northern Uganda for two decades ... Joseph Rao Kony was born in 1961 in Odek sub-county in northern Uganda ... In 1987, aged 26, Kony founded the Lord's Resistance Army, a Christian fundamentalist organisation that operated in northern Uganda until 2006.
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