HIV SHOCKER! 34,000 New Infections In One Year As Young Women Account For 77%
By Evans Najuna KAMPALA – Uganda continues to make progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS, but worrying statistics showing that 34,000...
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LOVE MONTH WRAP GIFT! Sh81m Health Boost as Stanbic Donates Medical Equipment, Mama Kits to Entebbe Hospital
Stanbic Bank Uganda has concluded its annual October LOVE Month activities with a donation of medical equipment and supplies worth...
SH6M RESEARCH CASH SCANDAL! Mountains Of The Moon University Interdicts Dean Dr John Rwakihembo Over Student Extortion Claims
-Students accuse lecturer of demanding millions for research supervision, taking money to help them pass exams as survey also raises...
30,000 NEW CASES A YEAR! Tayebwa Sounds Cancer Alarm, Tasks MPs On Screening
As breast cancer awareness month comes to an end, Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has urged Members of Parliament...
FREE RIDE AT MAKERERE? Students’ Shs66.9bn Tuition Debt Sparks Fury, Names to be Exposed
Members of Parliament have demanded a detailed list of students who accumulated Shs66.9 billion in tuition and other fee arrears...
EBOLA HOPE! Vaccine Trial Set to Begin as DRC Death Toll Tops 4,600
A vaccine trial targeting the Ebola Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is expected to begin...
EBOLA SCARE! Ugandan-Born-Woman with Ebola in Nigeria confirmed as wife of Swiss diplomat, Hubby also under isolation
Switzerland's foreign ministry has confirmed that the woman who has tested positive for Ebola in Nigeria is the wife of...
SAVING OUR ANGELS! Speaker Oboth Lights Up Mbale as Thousands Storm Streets for Kids’ Brain Surgery Drive
MBALE — Thousands of spirited runners flooded the streets of Mbale on Saturday morning, transforming the city into a sea of...
OUT OF ORDER! MoH PS Diana Puts Junior Minister Kawooya in Her Lane Over Doctor’s ‘Pocketing’ Suspension
The Ministry of Health has clarified that Dr Robert Candia, a doctor at Arua Regional Referral Hospital who was allegedly...
35 YEARS OF CARING! Stanbic Gives Obongi 20 Beds, 30 Mattresses, Patient Monitors, 200 Mama Kits Worth Shs40m
OBONGI - Obongi Health Centre IV, which handles nearly 1,400 deliveries annually despite significant staffing and resource constraints, has received...
UNAIDS IN CRISIS! Byanyima-Led HIV Agency Faces Shake-Up, Massive Job Cuts & Possible Closure Amid Whistleblower Claims
Uganda’s HIV response could face fresh uncertainty as the United Nations pushes sweeping reforms at UNAIDS, the agency headed by...
MoH HYGIENE REPORT SHOCKER! 90% Of Ugandans Fail Handwashing Test As 33 Children Die Daily From Diarrhoea
A new report released by the Ministry of Health shows, lives of thirty-three children under the age of five are...
POWERING INCLUSIVE EDUCATION! Stanbic Lights Up Mbale School for the Deaf with Solar System
Mbale, Uganda: A group of enthusiastic teenagers circle around, performing the famous Kadodi dance, a cultural symbol of the Gishu...
HEALTH SCARE! Pope Leo Faces Lung Surgery After Lump Found, Echoing Late Pope Francis’ Lung Troubles
Pope Leo XIV has announced he will be operated on "in the coming days" after a nodule was found on...
NEVER TOO LATE! 48-Year-Old Pastor to Sit S.4, Eyes Museveni’s Works Ministry Top Job
FORT PORTAL — At 48, when many of his peers may have long settled into their careers, businessman and pastor...
BUILD TO LAST! Stanbic Bank Pushes Schools to Plan for Generations
For Sam Kuloba, a retired Commissioner for Secondary Schools in the education ministry, a school's true test of success is...
EBOLA LANDS IN KENYA! One Death Confirmed, 50+ Under Monitoring
Kenya has confirmed its first imported case of Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Disease after a Kenyan citizen who had been living...
CRACKDOWN! Gov’t Hunts Fake International Schools, Closure Looms
By Our Reporter The Ministry of Education and Sports has tightened the noose around international schools, ordering institutions offering both...
HIV CRISIS! 1.5m Ugandans Living With Virus as 1 in 7 Don’t Know Their Status
By Evans Najuna KAMPALA — Uganda’s HIV prevalence has remained at 5.9% among adults aged 15 years and above, with...
HEALTH WORKER EXODUS! WHO Clears Uganda to Export Nurses, Midwives as Brain Drain Fears Mount
The World Health Organization’s decision to remove Uganda from its list of countries facing severe health worker shortages has attracted...