Health

Uganda Secures $6.8M Grant from Japan to Refurbish Infrastructure at Jinja and Soroti Regional Referral Hospitals

The government has successfully obtained a grant worth $6.8 million from Japan to refurbish the infrastructure at Jinja and Soroti Regional Referral Hospitals. The Exchange of Notes and Grant...

NMS Seeks Fivefold Budget Increase to End Reliance on Donors for Medicines

The National Medical Stores wants the government to fully foot the bill for medicines by scaling up their...

Gov’t Commences Construction on a Staff Housing Project at Bugamba Health Centre IV

The Rwampara district leadership, led by RDC Asiimwe Jane Muhindo, launched the construction of a three-in-one staff house...

Uganda Sets Example in Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response, gets Global Recognition.

Uganda has received global recognition for its remarkable leadership in implementing effective strategies for Maternal and Perinatal Death...

Alarming Rise in Hearing Loss among Children: Doctor Urges Early Detection and Management

ENT (ear, nose, and throat ) specialists are witnessing a surge in the number of children between the...

European Union Donates Mobile Laboratory to Ministry of Health

Hon. Margaret Muhanga, the State Minister for Primary Healthcare, has today July 26, 2023, received a mobile laboratory from the European Union on behalf of the Ministry of Health at the Ministry's offices in Kampala. "On behalf of the Ministry of Health, I have received a mobile laboratory, worth 167,300 Euros, from the European Union," Muhanga said. The European Union donated the mobile laboratory to the Ministry of Health as part of the ongoing European Union-funded programme to support countries in...

DIGP Commends Police Medical Personnel for Commitment to Service Delivery

The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP), Tumusiime Katsigazi, has praised the directorate of Health Services based at Nsambya Barracks during a familiarisation tour with the directorate. He was received by the Director of Medical Services, Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIGP Dr. Byaruhanga Moses, and his team. Tumusiime appreciated the commitment and services rendered by the medical personnel. "Your intervention has sustained life in a very difficult situation, irrespective of all the necessary tools, but you are committed to working for...

Health Ministry Confirms Cholera Outbreak in Namayingo District

The Ministry of Health has verified a Cholera epidemic in Namayingo District, with about three cases detected. The casualties are being treated at Bukana Health III in the Namayingo district. According to Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the Ministry of Health's spokesperson, Namayingo district has reported three instances of cholera, with patients and close contacts being treated at Bukana Health Centre III. "The District Health Officer noted that samples and victims were taken from three women in Secho village, Bumaleng parish, and Sigulu Island...

Police Investigate Kawempe Hospital after ‘Rat Eats’ Newborn

Police in Kampala have launched an investigation into Kawempe Hospital after a couple raised concerns about the death of their newborn baby, whose face the hospital claims was partially eaten by a rat. The parents, Yvonne Ainembabazi, 20, and Suleiman Wasswa, 30, believe their first child was a victim of ritual sacrifice since a severe incision on the left side of the face was inconsistent with rat bites. According to Patrick Onyango, spokesperson for the Kampala Metropolitan Police, the police have...

NMS Rubbishes Mpuuga’s Claims of Poor Delivery of Medicines

The National Medical Stores (NMS) has trashed allegations from the Leader of Opposition in Parliament (LOP) Hon. Mathias Mpuuga, concerning the poor delivery of essential medicines in different health facilities in Uganda. The NMS responds to the claims made by LOP on Sunday, July 23, 2023, that Uganda’s health facilities have registered a lack of essential medicines because those responsible for supplying them have slept on the job with the intention of inflating the budgets for destroying expired drugs. "From Regional...

President Museveni Pledges to Promote Mosquito Sterilisation Study Success

The president of the Republic of Uganda has today July 20, 2023 met a group of scientists led by Mr. Isreal Green, the chief Executive officer of Malera Technologies Limited, to discuss radiation sterilisation to lessen the productivity of offspring in mosquitoes. According to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Malera Technologies wants to establish high-level artificial intelligence technology known as radiation sterilisation, which sterilises male mosquitoes to lessen the production of any offspring that may arise due to high levels of...