Mubende and Kassanda districts have under lockdown, a government measure to contain the spread of Ebola Virus Disease that killed some 70 people.
Read more ...Government is yet to issue a statement on the next course of action after the 21 days of lockdown as extended by the government expire this Saturday.
Read more ...Dr. Atwine wrote another letter canceling her earlier directive. She says the Ministry is still waiting on the report of the technical assessment of the two facilities.
Read more ...According to a statement released on Friday, the rationale behind the study dubbed ‘TRUNCATE TB’ is that doctors are over-treating the majority of people who have drug-susceptible TB (DS-TB) who would actually be cured before the 6-month mark
Read more ...The researchers who were assessing the quality of birth and death registration and vital statistics system in Uganda in a study that started in November 2020 say the data is unreliable because they have a lot of missing information.
Read more ...Speaking at the opening of the two-day National Community Health Financing Conference in Kampala on Thursday, Fredrick Makaire, the Executive Director Save for Health Uganda, an NGO that coordinates community health insurance schemes across the country said there’s no need for fresh benchmarking as there’s already enough data gathered over the last more than fifteen years of failed attempts to introduce the law.
Read more ...Parliament enacted the HIV Prevention and Control Act in 2014. The law was operationalized in 2018 enabling the government to levy 2 percent of total annual tax levies on alcohol and soft drinks to generate 9.149 billion Shillings to be channeled to the Trust Fund.
Read more ...In January, the municipality contracted De Waste to manage garbage in Goma division and Bins Kampala Limited in the Central Division
Read more ...The researchers say the Ministry of Health needs to put in place a standardized competence-building framework to target governance of the healthcare management system.
Read more ...At least 25 million children missed their first dose and an additional 14.7 million children missed their second dose.
Read more ...The Health workers had promised to lay down their tools in two days if they don’t receive their pay and their contracts. According to Dr. Herbert Luswata, the General Secretary of the Uganda Medical Association (UMA), some of his colleagues working at the treatment unit located at Mubende district headquarters had indicated to the association that they wanted to lay down tools immediately because they are not sure of who exactly is supposed to pay them.
Read more ...Ernest Buchokori Ndiryariye, the Nyarubuye Sub County LCIII Chairperson says that the mudslides destroyed the facility’s store and damaged the out-patients department.
Read more ...Dr. Dickens Akena, a psychiatrist who led the team of researchers told journalists attending the results dissemination meeting that almost one in five adult Ugandans living in urban areas has PTSD, with some also battling alcohol abuse or depression.
Read more ...Dr. Joseph Arike, the Anaka General Hospital Medical Superintendent disclosed on Monday that the housing units at the facility are currently dilapidated and cannot accommodate the workforce in place.
Read more ...This process which is meant to guide global investment, research and development (R&D) especially in the area of vaccines, tests and treatments, the organization said in a statement on Monday that they are convening over 300 scientists who will consider the evidence on over 25 virus families and bacteria, as well as “Disease X.” Disease X is included to indicate an unknown pathogen that could cause a serious international epidemic.
Read more ...Last month, the two ran to social media accusing the hospital of harvesting Kabanda's kidney when he was admitted there following a nasty accident. It came after Kabanda, a trader in Owino market petitioned the Lord Mayor saying that his kidney had been illegally removed when he sought treatment from Old Kampala Hospital following a motor accident that left a cut on his forehead.
Read more ...The report shows the most common oral diseases are dental caries or tooth decay, severe gum disease, tooth loss, and oral cancers. Untreated dental caries is the single most common condition globally, affecting an estimated 2.5 billion people. Severe gum disease a major cause of total tooth loss is estimated to affect 1 billion people worldwide. About 380 000 new cases of oral cancers are diagnosed every year.
Read more ...John Alfred Labalpiny, the Pabbo Sub County LCIII Chairperson says that at least 271 goats died.
Read more ...Speaking at a meeting organized by the Makerere University Lung Institute to brainstorm on the gaps in care, Dr. Frank Mugabe Rwabinumi, the Principal Medical Officer in charge of NCDs in the Ministry of Health said they need to conduct a chronic respiratory diseases survey to determine the exact burden of such diseases and also train health workers to be able to detect such diseases in the clinic.
Read more ...Peter Erem, the Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning at The Aids Support Organization-TASO says new cases of HIV being diagnosed had reduced significantly in the last four years.
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