LIFE-SAVING MOVE! Centenary Bank Injects Sh100M Into Nkozi Trauma Centre, Road Safety
Centenary Bank has contributed UGX 100 million towards promoting road safety and supporting the construction of the accident and trauma...
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EXPOSED! Kawempe Hospital Staff Brand e-Afya System ‘Faulty & Useless’ Amid Medicine, Vaccine Management Chaos
KAMPALA: Kawempe National Referral Hospital (KNRH) has been thrust into the spotlight after the Auditor General exposed a string of...
EXPIRED AIDS DRUGS SCANDAL! NMS, India’s Drug Giants Sun Pharma , Distributors Abacus on Spot as Patients at Hoima Hospital Allegedly Swallow Out-of-Date ARVs
KAMPALA – A major health scare has erupted after people living with HIV claimed they were given expired antiretroviral (ARV)...
CANCER TIME BOMB! WHO Warns Cases Could Explode to 35 Million a Year by 2050
Millions of people around the world continue to bear the physical, emotional and financial burden of cancer, a disease that...
EXPIRED ARVs SCANDAL! Hoima Referral Hospital on Spot for Giving out Expired ARVs to HIV Patients
People Living with HIV (PLHIV) are raising concerns after receiving antiretroviral (ARV) medicines that had allegedly expired before they were...
EBOLA PANIC! Two Suspects Escape Isolation Unit, Trigger Health Alert
Two Ebola Suspects, who were being managed at the Isolation Unit at Oli Health Center Four have escaped, health officials...
SEX CRISIS! Moroto Runs Out of Condoms as HIV Cases Soar
The empty condom dispensers hanging on the walls of health facilities, bars, hotels and public offices across Moroto District have...
RUSH FOR HIV WONDER JAB! Mbarara Clinics Overwhelmed as New 6-Month HIV Prevention Injection Runs Out in Days
Health facilities in Mbarara City are struggling to keep up with surging demand for Lenacapavir, the revolutionary HIV prevention injection...
KARAMOJA MOTHERS GET LIFELINE…As Stanbic Partnerships Deliver Maternal Healthcare Revolution
About a month ago, Maria Chepsok, a Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA) in Karita sub-county lost her sister-in law due to...
MEDICS DECLARE WAR! Medical Association Rejects Gov’t Health Training Policy
The Uganda Medical Association (UMA) has rejected the National Education and Training for Health Policy, saying it was rushed and...
AIDS PREVENTION CRAZE! Men Scramble for New Wonder Drug As Demand Outstrips Supply Across Uganda
The Ministry of Health revealed on Friday that demand for Lenacapavir, an HIV prevention injection launched in April currently surpasses...
GOD ISN’T DEAF! Museveni Tells Pastors: Keep Your Hands Off Worshippers Amid Ebola Scare
In his first presidential address on the Ebola situation in Uganda, President Y Museveni on Thursday urged pastors to avoid...
ALLOWANCE U-TURN? Gov’t Moves to Revisit Suspended Medical Interns’ Pay
The government has pledged to review the National Education and Training for Health Policy following widespread concerns over a controversial...
EBOLA TRAVEL BAN FURY! Global Health Body WHO Slams Restrictions Against Uganda
World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said travel restrictions imposed on Uganda as a result...
DOCTORS REBEL! Medics Tell Janet to Dump Controversial Health Training Policy
Medical professionals and student leaders have rejected the proposed National Education and Training for Health Policy, arguing that it threatens...
INTERNS’ CASH AXE! Health Ministry Under Fire Over Shocking Plan to Scrap Medical Intern Allowances
Health Minister-designate Dr. Chris Baryomunsi has defended the move to scrap allowances for medical interns and the reclassification of the...
NO SCHOOL CLOSURES! Education Ministry Shoots Down Ebola Scare Rumours
The Ministry of Education and Sports has dismissed claims circulating both online and offline that schools across Uganda have been...
VIRUS ON THE MOVE? East Africa Scrambles to Contain Ebola Threat
The East African Community (EAC) is convening an emergency ministerial meeting over the spread of the Bundibugyo Ebola virus strain...
Hundreds of Mothers, Elderly and Needy Receive Lifeline in Mbarara
Hundreds of vulnerable people, including postpartum mothers, elderly persons, widows, orphans and children, have received a major boost after a...
Uganda Moves Ebola War Front to Eastern DRC With Mobile Treatment Unit
The Ministry of Health is planning to establish a mobile Ebola treatment centre in Ituri Province in the eastern Democratic...