Gov’t To Spend Shs 7bn On Condoms
Uganda has stipulated shs 7.7bn in the 2013/2014 budget to provide contraceptives to women who require them, the junior Finance...
Health
Patient Dies After Falling In Trench At Tororo Hospital
Amos Oboke, the senior administrator Tororo Hospital has faulted the company for putting the lives of patients and their attendants...
District Hit by shortage of HIV Testing Kits
The absence of the HIV testing kits also means that expectant mothers cannot be tested for enrolment on the Prevention...
Health PS Lukwago to Appear Before Court Tomorrow
Health Ministry Permanent Secretary, Dr Asuman Lukwago is tomorrow morning expected to appear the Anti Corruption Court to plead to...
Mobile Phone Innovation to Boost TB Management
Through the application, patients will be able to send and receive messages on the efficiency of the medication they are...
Doctors in Trouble Over Neglect of Duty
r. Steven Mirembe, the in -Charge of Kyazanga Health Centre IV is in trouble for alleged neglect of duty. Grace...
Mbale Hospital Suspends Major Surgical operations
Mbale Regional Referral Hospital has suspended some surgical operations following the breakdown of the autoclave machine at the main theater....
Arua Residents to Start paying for Ambulance
Arua district is considering implementing the ambulance user fee. The proposal to levy a fee for ambulance services was made...
Scientists Urged To Disseminate Research Findings At Home
Scientists meeting for their 14 annual scientific conferences in Kampala are urging researchers to disseminate findings of their works in...
6 Ebola Cases Reported In DRC
A total of six suspected Ebola cases have been reported in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The latest cases were...
WHO Approves Garment That Reduces Maternal Deaths
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved an anti-shock garment that decreases bleeding during child-birth and reverses shocks reducing chances...
Soroti Referral Hospital Blood Shortage Leaves 8 Dead
At least eight people have died in Soroti and Amuria districts due to lack of blood. Three of the victims...
WHO Wants HIV, Syphilis Treated Together
The Director of Reproductive Health and Research at the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Marleen Temmerman has advised that HIV,...
Court Issues Arrest Warrant for PS Lukwago
The Anti-corruption Court has ordered for the arrest of the Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary, Dr Asuman Lukwago over charges...
MEDIA SIEGE DAY 5: Fort Portal Hospital Medical Workers Call Off Strike
Health workers at Fort Portal Referral hospital have called off their sit down strike after meeting the hospital administrators and...
Luweero HIV/AIDS Victims Hit Hard by Drug Shortage
As Uganda marked 30th International Aids Candlelight Memorial day, more than 8000 people living with HIV/AIDS in Luweero are crying...
Families of Nodding Disease Patients Need Counselling Too
Nodding Disease Victims There is need to provide effective counselling for families with members suffering from mental health ailments such...
Parliament Calls For Greater Supervision of Health Training Institutes
MPs on the Education Committee have questioned the essence of health institutions being supervised by the Ministry of Education instead...
400 Ugandans infected with HIV Daily
According to the 2011 National HIV Indicator Survey, the prevalence rates among Ugandans between the ages of 15 to 19...
Kitagata Hospital On The Verge Of Collapse
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