Gov’t Adopts Option B+ To Reduce Mother- To- Child HIV Transmission
First Lady Janet Museveni, patron of the Uganda Paeditric Association The government of Uganda has adopted the UN World Health...
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Rakai Women Cry Out for Intensified Cancer Screening
Women in rural villages of Rakai district are say they desperately need intensified localized screening of both Cervical Cancer and...
M7 Calls For Direct Procurement As Mulago Installs Heart Operation Unit
President Yoweri Museveni President Yoweri Museveni has said government will support Mulago hospital to directly procure urgently needed equipment to...
Mercury Thermometers To Be Phased Out
The ministry of Health in Uganda has indicated that it plans to phase out the use of devices containing mercury....
Using Mercury is Exposing Gold Miners To Health Risks
Artisanal miners who use mercury to extract gold from soil dug in the mines, risk developing a range of health...
2 Dead as Cholera Hits Koboko, Arua
Director General Of Health Services Dr Jane Aceng An outbreak of cholera in Koboko district has left two people dead...
UN Body says Only 28 Countries Have Comprehensive Road Safety Rules
Only 28 countries, covering 7% of the world’s population, have comprehensive laws on all five key risk factors on road...
Mother to child HIV transmission still rampant- Baylor Uganda
Although a cure to HIV/Aids has not been found Paediatric HIV Specialists maintain that elimination of mother to child transmission...
Option B plus Recieves Donation From Sweden
The Option B plus approach to the Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission (PMTCT), has received a boost of...
Participants Failing HIV Prevention Study
A study that meant to establish whether the daily use of oral Tenofovir, oral Truvada and a daily 1 percent...
News Health Centre Abandoned Over Shoddy Work
Health workers in Rakai have abandoned newly constructed staff quarters citing shoddy work. The abandoned building was constructed at Kirumba...
Medical Council set to hear Case Of Mother Who Bled to Death in Rubaga Hospital
The Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners’ Council has started hearing a case in which a 35 year old mother and...
7 Risky Exercises and Better Bets
Who has time to waste on ineffective, risky exercises? Not you. So ditch these seven moves that may not deliver...
Cholera Outbreak Kills 3 In Arua
At least three people have been confirmed dead and more than 20 others hospitalised following a cholera outbreak in Terego...
Youth Organisation Wants Narcotics Control Bill 2007 Recalled
A drug Ring Busted Last year The Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL) is calling on Parliament to seek a recall...
Rubella Virus Outbreak Reported In Hoima
An outbreak of Rubella virus has been confirmed in Kyabigambire Sub County, Hoima district. The outbreak reported last week in...
Menstrual Sanitation Still a Challenge to Girl Child Education
Sophia Klumpp (left) with some of the beneficiaries of her project As the International Women’s day approaches on 8th March...
Fears As Scientists Push For GM Crops To Control Viruses
Scientists and some government officials have disagreed with civil society activists over the use of genetically modified (GM) crop varieties...
UHRC Seeks Amendments In HIV/AIDS Bill 2010
Workers MP Sam Lyomoki The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) is seeking an amendment of the prevention and control of...
Abortion On The Riise In Teso
Minister of Health DR Christine-On The rising number of unsafe abortions in Teso region is worrying medical workers at Soroti regional referral...