Soroti Patients Stranded as Only Doctor Resigns
Patients seeking treatment at Princess Diana Memorial Health Centre IV in Soroti Municipality are stuck following the resignation of the...
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Cholera Patients Shun Treatment Centre As Disease Spreads
Uganda Red Cross Society says cholera patients in Hoima district are shunning the established treatment centre as the epidemic spreads...
Hoima Fails to Raise Cash for Cholera Fight
Lack of funds is frustrating the cholera fight in Hoima district as the incidences of the disease shoot up to...
Health Ministry Gets US$ 100M To Renovate 5 Hospitals
The Ministry of Health has acquired 100 million US Dollars to renovate five hospitals in the country. Minister of Health...
Heallth Ministry to Send Nodding Syndrome Samples to US
Nodding Disease Victims The Ministry of Health is in the process of sending five samples of the Nodding disease brain...
Health workers to Receive March Pay 2months Later
Over 3000 health workers around the country will have to wait till the end of May to receive their pay...
Health Ministry PS Lukwago Accused Of Fraud
Health Ministry Permanent Secretary Asuman Lukwago was on Friday accused of instigating and abetting fraud in the ministry. Dr Asuman...
High Court Overturns Malinga Ban On Reflexology
The High Court in Kampala on Wednesday overturned the ministerial ban on reflexology centres put in place more than two...
Health Ministry To Roll Out Pneumonia Vaccine
Ministry of Health is set to roll out the pneumococcal vaccine, Sarah Opendi, the state minister for Primary Health Care...
Mulago to Build Shs800BN Hospital
Forget the filthy dilapidated structure that dampens your sight and sick spirit as you get to Mulago hospital. Mulago Hospital...
Govt Urged to Increase Funding for Immunisation Programmes
The Parliamentary Forum on Immunisation is calling on government to increase funding to health centre two’s countrywide. Minister of...
Traffic Police Officers At Risk Of Mental Break Down – Mulago Doctor
Police officers who spend long hours on the road directing traffic are at a risk of suffering a mental break...
WHO To Conduct Study On Cost Of Tobacco In Uganda
The World Health Organization (WHO) has trained a team of 20 researchers to carry out a health cost study on...
TASO Offers Free HIV/AIDS Testing And Couselling To Sex Workers
TASO has embarked on a night campaign of voluntary HIV/Aids counseling and testing –VCT for special groups in areas around...
Mbale Hospital Overwhelmed By Number of Patients
Mbale Regional Referral Hospital is currently grappling with the overwhelming number of patients visiting the facility for health attention. Louis...
Cholera Outbreak Hits Hoima,3 Dead, 14 Hospitalised
At least three people have died and fourteen others are hospitalised following a suspected cholera outbreak in Kigorobya sub county...
Beetroot Can Lower Blood Pressure
Beet Root Plant By Isaac Muhumure Drinking 250ml (8oz) cut high blood pressure readings by 10mm of mercury (mmHg) in...
King Oyo to Launch Anit-HIV Programme
By Sandra Matsiko On Friday 12th during the start of his HIV awareness campaign in schools, Tooro's Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru ...
Patients Starving at Gulu Hospital
Patients at Gulu Referral Hospital are starving following the suspension of the feeding program because of lack funds. The worst...
Delayed Antenatal To Blame For Maternal and Infant Deaths
The Ministry of Health has said that as long as there are still delays in starting antenatal and lack of...