Health

The Uganda Human Organ Donation and Transplant Bill 2022, passed last September gives a sigh of relief to many Ugandans. The bill seeks to establish a legal framework for the regulation of organ, cell and tissue donation and transplantation in Uganda. It was tabled by Health Minister Hon Jane Ruth Acheng. According to the bill, any person involved in selling, buying, arrange for trade, harvest and transplant an organ that was sold or bought and any hospital that conducts organs...

On September 19th, 2022, Uganda confirmed Ebola Virus Disease (Sudan) and it has so far claimed 29 lives, including four medical doctors and 63 registered cases as of Monday, October 31st, 2022. According to the Ministry of Health, over 1,000 people have been put in isolation. In a bid to curtail the spread of Ebola in Uganda, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni placed Mubende and Kassanda districts under lockdown, where he instituted several SOPs, including prohibiting public transport, among others. Some opposition leaders...

Uganda will conduct a second polio immunization campaign targeting children under five years of age. The countrywide campaign is scheduled for November, 2022 according to Ministry of health. Dr. Daniel Kyabayinze, the Director of Public Health, confirmed this during the World Polio Day pre-event organized by Rotary Uganda on Saturday in Kampala. Kyabayinza said the second phase is intended to supplement the first campaign carried out in January 2022. He noted that the second dose is critical for children following the confirmation...

The confirmed Ebola cases in Kampala have risen to 14 after more than nine people tested positive. The new cases are a result of contacts from a fatal case that originated in Kasanda and died at Mulago Hospital, Uganda's Ministry of Health said. Dr Jane Aceng, the Minister of Health, said most of the new cases were family members of the fatal case. "Yesterday, October 23rd, 2022, nine people were tested for Ebola in the Greater Kampala region, bringing the total number...

The Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council -UMDPC has confirmed that Muhamood Kabanda was born with only one kidney. In a report released on Thursday, the Council refuted allegations on the missing kidney by Kabanda following a surgical operation at Old Kampala Hospital. The council further confirmed that Kabanda was born with only the RIGHT kidney. The report signed by both Professor Joel Okullo, the Chairman of the Council, and Dr. Katumba Ssentongo, the Registrar, ruled out the claim and established that...

The Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero on Monday 17th October 2022, commissioned Madudu Isolation facility in Mubende District to begin admitting suspected cases of Ebola. “On 17th October 2022 at 1:30pm, we commissioned Madudu Isolation facility in Mubende district to begin admitting suspect cases of Ebola,” Dr. Aceng stated. The commissioning follows the escalation of Ebola cases in the district that needed a special facility for the control and treatment of the Virus. Aceng along with partners such as...