Dicta Asiimwe

Dicta Asiimwe is a Ugandan journalist and member of the Water & Environment Media Network. She contributes to The Independent, The EastAfrican and Vox Populi. Together with four colleagues, she co-founded a new digital media platform, MainstreamUg. She has won awards for her reporting on infrastructure, politics, education, health, and disaster risk reduction issues.

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In Uganda, virus hunters search for traces of next pandemic

16 September 2022

Environment

In Uganda, virus hunters search for traces of next pandemic

A group of veterinarians and health workers are collecting and analysing samples from animals and humans at a tourist hotspot in Uganda to [...]Read the full article

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