Italy launches Lukwiya award

ROME, Wednesday - Italy's foreign ministry said on Wednesday it would offer 10 medical scholarships in memory of a Ugandan doctor who died this week of the Ebola virus after leading his country's battle against the deadly epidemic. "(The Foreign Ministry) has decided to offer in memory and in honour of the deceased doctor (Matthew Lukwiya), 10 scholarships for young Ugandan doctors for post-graduate specialisations in Italian hospitals," the Ministry said in a statement. Lukwiya, the medical superintendent at Lacor, died on Tuesday after a six-day battle with the Ebola virus. Lukwiya had spearheaded his country's two-month long efforts to combat the disease. Reuters Ends.