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...
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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...
Mulago Hospital Cuts Costs To Reduce Kidney Diseases
To manage increasing cases of Kidney disease, Mulago Referral Hospital is set to create a system where patients will pay...
Minister Ondoa: High Blood Pressure Emerging Silent Killer in Uganda
High blood pressure has been singled out as a silent killer, and the public urged to make regular medical check-ups...
Nodding Disease Report will Be out Next week
Nodding disease patients The minister for Health Dr Chritine Ondoa has said the Much Awaited Nodding Disease Report will be...
Kalangala Struggles To Attract Health Workers
With a 75% deployment of health care workers to Kalangala District, it hoped that the health care service will improve,...
Scientists: Red Meat Chemical Damages The Heart
Scientists believe red meat contains a chemical that is bad for the heart A chemical found in red meat helps...
Saliva Test Can Reveal Cancer risk – Researchers
Saliva can help detect cancer A simple saliva test that reveals a patient's risk of breast or prostate cancer may...
Arua Hospital: Cerebral Palsy On the Rise in West Nile
Arua referral hospital is struggling to cope with the high number of patients suffering from cerebral palsy as a result...
River Blindness a Public Health Problem in Northern Uganda – MOH
The Health Ministry and Carter center have embarked on emergency measures to combat river blindness in post conflict districts in...
Mistroprosol: The “Wonder” Drug for Women in Labour
Women in labour. The drug mistroprosol is used to reduce against peptic ulcers 33 year old Juliet Ddungu on the...
Dr. Alex Coutinho Scoops Hideyo Noguchi African Medical Award
Dr Coutinho at work The United Nations University issued a statement on the prize recognizing individuals or organizations who have...
New Mulago Hospital Clinic Offers Hope for TB Patients
Patients battling the multi drug resistant TB strain have got a ray of hope following the inauguration of a new...
Mulago to Register Patients Electronically
Mulago hospital will soon launch an electronic system for registering patients, births and deaths that occur at the hospital. The development...
Health Workers Revealing HIV Status Of Patients
Patients in Kitgum claim that medical workers are disclosing their status to the public and because of this, they travel to neighbouring districts...
Residents ask for Mass TB Screening
At least 650 people were infected with Tuberculosis in Luweero in 2011, Bwogi Luyombya, the District TB and Leprosy Control supervisor has revealed....