Kadaga Wants Police, Not SGS, To Inspect Vehicles
The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has called for the reinstating of the vehicle inspection role to the Uganda Police...
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WHO: Risk Of Congo Ebola Spreading To Region ‘Very High’
Democratic Republic of Congo faces a “very high” public health risk from Ebola because the disease has been confirmed in...
Cuban Doctors Not Yet Approved – Min. Aceng
The Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has clarified that the plans to to recruit Cuban doctors have not...
MP Critical After Horrific Accident
Buyaga East Member of Parliament, Eric Musana is fighting for his life after getting involved in a horrific car crash...
WHO To Use Ebola Vaccine In Congo
The World Health Organization said on Friday it hopes to deploy an experimental Ebola vaccine to tackle an outbreak in...
Nsambya Hospital Denies Handling Nekyon
Nsambya Hospital has denied admitting, treating or handling the body of former Minister Akbar Adoko Nekyon. The lawyer to the...
Scientist, 104, Who Was Tired Of Living, Helped To Die In Swiss Clinic
A world renown scientist has died after travelling to Switzerland to end his life at an assisted suicide clinic at...
WHO: Congo Ebola Deaths Reported Back In January
Cases of hemorrhagic fever were reported in an area of Congo that is facing an Ebola epidemic as far back...
Ebola Kills 17 In Eastern Congo
Seventeen people in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have died from Ebola, the health ministry said on Tuesday, describing...
OPINION: Uganda To Benefit From Cuban Doctors
BY ALEX JOEL MASEREKA Government’s plan to import doctors has been the talk of the town in the recent days...
Seven Cholera Patients At Naguru
Government has confirmed an outbreak of cholera in the capital Kampala. The Ministry of Health has said in a press...
CAF Donates Player Fitness Devices To Member FAs
Following the decision of the CAF Executive Committee at its meeting on 10 January 2018 in Casablanca, Morocco, each Member...
Medical Interns Strike Over Allowances
Medical interns in Uganda have withdrawn their labour from 29 regional hospitals citing failure by government to pay their outstanding...
US Soldier Gets World’s First Penis Transplant
A team of US doctors has successfully carried out the world's first total transplant of a penis and scrotum. Surgeons...
Fake Hepatitis B Vaccine On Market
The National Drug Authority (NDA) has impounded fake hepatitis B vaccines from hospitals in Kampala and around the country. A statement...
UNBS Warn On Eating South African Meat Products
Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has cautioned the public against consuming meat products imported from South Africa but fell...
Speaker Breaks Ground For Fistula Hospital
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has broken ground for the construction of a US$1 million hospital for treating women...
Baby Born With Scalp Swelling Needs Help
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Kenya Doctors Do Brain Surgery On Wrong Patient
Staff at a Nairobi hospital have been fired after the wrong patient underwent brain surgery. One patient needed surgery for...
Minister Lokodo Stable After Minor Stroke
Ethics and Integrity Minister Simon Lokodo is ‘stable’ after suffering a minor stroke and getting airlifted from Kalangala and booked...