Mbale Hit With Water Crisis
A street in Mbale Municipality. A water crisis has hit Mbale Municipality following a breakdown on the Electricity power line...
Health
Panic As Baby Disappears From Masaka Hospital
A new-born baby has gone missing at Masaka Referral Hospital forcing expectant mothers to abandon the hospital. Several mothers...
Janet M7: Having An HIV-Free Baby Is A possibility
I write to you this week as we intensify the campaign in Kampala region to stop unborn babies from contracting...
Kabale Hospital Nurse On Spot Over Extortion
Sister Legina Eva Namukwaya alias tinted, the in charge of the maternity ward at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital has been...
Gulu Hospital Seeks Shs 3.6Billion For Staff Accommodation
Gulu regional referral hospital is hunting for about 3.6 billion shillings for the construction of a staff accommodation block. Up...
Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV to start in Kampala
Ministry of health is scheduled to roll out the Elimination of Mother to child HIV transmission campaign in Kampala on...
Anti-FGM Law Yields Fruits In Sebei, Karamoja
The enactment of Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation -FGM Act has helped to considerably reduce the practice among the communities...
Masaka Hospital Set To Construct Modern Maternity Facility
Government has released UGX 10billion to facilitate the construction of a modern maternity ward and a children ward at Masaka...
Health Ministry Queries Accountability for Nodding Syndrome Funds
Ministry of health has threatened to withhold funding for the nodding syndrome following delays by the beneficiary districts to account...
Health Workers In Trouble Over Theft Of Government Drugs
Two health workers in Usuk health Center 3 in Katakwi district are in trouble for alleged theft of government medicine....
Health Workers Abandon Work Over Witchcraft
Medical workers at Imvepi health center III in Odupi sub county of Arua district have abandoned work citing witchcraft. Medical...
Bubonic Plague Outbreak Confirmed in Arua, Zombo Districts
The Uganda Virus Research Institute confirms an outbreak of the Bubonic plague in the parts of Arua and Zombo districts...
Water Shortage Hits Kitgum
A crack on a 20,000 litre water tank has thrown communities in Namokora Town Board into panic. The crack has...
Tsetse Flies Takeover Kaabong District
Swarms of Tsetse flies have taken over water sources in Kaabong district. The most affected water sources are Lobalangit, Lolelia,...
Obesity And Diabetes Increase If One Owns A car, TV And computer
Owning a TV, a car and a computer increases risks of diabetes and obesity in less developed countries. A conclusion coming from a large study published in CMAJ that has involved...
Counseling HIV Positive Children Thony Task – Medics
Delivery of HIV counseling and testing services for children remains a thorny task for health workers in parts of western...
World’s 1st Clitoral Repair Hospital To Be Opened In Africa
Victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) will soon get an opportunity at having their clitoris repaired, thanks to a new...
Broken Sewer Line Spews Human Waste into Kiruruma River
Residents of Kabale quarters are chocking on a foul smell from human waste due to a leakage on a broken...
Refugee Camps In Water Crisis
South Sudan refugees in Rhino, Invepi and Dzaipi refugee settlement camps in West Nile region are facing an acute water...
PAC Grills Mulago Officials Over Delayed Purchase Of Cobalt Machine
The Public Accounts Committee-PAC has grilled officials from Mulago National Referral Hospital for the delayed procurement of a cobalt machine...