Uganda Health News API

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            "title": "Tanning apps that offer ‘safe’ sun routines undermining efforts to tackle skin cancer",
            "description": "Smartphone apps targeting users as young as four are helping to fuel a dangerous resurgence of suntanning culture among Australian teens",
            "content": "Smartphone apps that claim to offer “safe” and “healthy” tanning routines for users as young as four are being heavily prompted by influencers, helping to fuel what has been described as a dangerous resurgence in tanning culture among Australian teen... [3644 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/08/tanning-apps-sun-skin-cancer-risk",
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            "title": "'Delayed childbearing driving rise in reproductive cancers'",
            "description": "Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts have cited delayed childbearing as one of the key factors behind the rising number of women diagnosed with reproductive system cancers, including cervical, endometrial, ovarian and uterine cancers. Speaking at a meeting of gynaecologists to examine emerging trends and possible explanations for the increase in reproductive cancers in …",
            "content": "Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts have cited delayed childbearing as one of the key factors behind the rising number of women diagnosed with reproductive system cancers, including cervical, endometrial, ovarian and uterine cancers.\nSpeaking... [1899 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.co.ug/delayed-childbearing-driving-rise-in-reproductive-cancers/",
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            "publishedAt": "2026-02-07T13:00:11Z",
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                "name": "The Independent Uganda",
                "url": "https://www.independent.co.ug"
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            "title": "How PrEP is administered",
            "description": "The injection is administered under the skin in the abdominal area by a healthcare provider and is designed to be discreet and convenient.",
            "content": "The first step is to conduct an HIV test to anyone seeking PrEP.\nOnce they are HIV negative, then you determine their eligibility for PrEP by ruling out any adverse reaction to the components of the PrEP drug, any contraindications, any symptoms sugg... [1636 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/health/health-science/article/2001540336/how-prep-is-administered",
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            "publishedAt": "2026-02-07T10:59:00Z",
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