http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/stories.php?iStatus=&iUser=&iLocation=&iKeyword=1190&iType=&iCategory=&tAuthor= Uganda Radio Network (URN) is a subscription-based independent news agency and training center that produces current affairs programs, documentaries and the latest news on Uganda. en-en http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/images/logo.png http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/stories.php?iStatus=&iUser=&iLocation=&iKeyword=1190&iType=&iCategory=&tAuthor= http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=47393 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=47393 The roof of Kibiito health center IV in Kibiito town council Kabarole district has been blown off by the strong winds leaving hundreds of patients stranded. The centre receives 200 patients daily. ]]> Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:04:55 +0300 0.585079 30.2513 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=47036 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=47036 Deborah Auma, a job support officer at Handicap International, explains that women with disabilities are forced to give birth at home with the help of traditional birth attendants because of negative perceptions faced at some health care facilities, thus putting them at a more risk.]]> Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:08:25 +0300 0.313611 32.5811 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=46695 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=46695 The hospital is built to admit 1500 patients, but admits 2500. With patient-attendants, the number of people in each ward is almost always thrice that the space is designed for.]]> Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:05:29 +0300 0.314269 32.5729 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=45782 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=45782 He made these comments while addressing Members of parliament and parliamentary staff shortly after the prayers to mark fifty years of country’s independence. ]]> Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:15:52 +0300 0.314269 32.5729 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=45495 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=45495 There are cases where, for a mother who owns a mobile phone, the trip to the clinic may not just be a blind one, but one based on an informed decision, having sent a text message and received feedback on where to seek a particular service.]]> Sat, 15 Sep 2012 08:53:41 +0300 -1.2702 36.8041 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=45416 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=45416 The 39.2 billion shillings, according to Lwanga, will be divided into two to cater for recruitment of health workers and operational funds for health units under local government. According to Lwanga the health report was rather late in the budget process and could not change much since government does not have enough money to cater for salaries.]]> Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:11:22 +0300 0.313611 32.5811 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44852 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44852 Benon Kareebi has for five years been carrying the greater load of running the centre; prescribing and dispensing drugs, dressing the injured and providing antenatal care for expectant mothers. ]]> Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:44:32 +0300 -0.19639 30.8442 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44878 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44878 During the night, patients are expected to provide their own lighting if they can afford to buy kerosene for the lamps. In most cases, the MPs were informed by Dr. Okoth Obbo, the district health officer, that doctors work by phone torch light. ]]> Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:45:24 +0300 1.28009 32.3862 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44701 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44701 Ben Andama, Moyo Hospital administrator, says the breakdown of the ambulances has made work difficult for the hospital. Andama says the four ambulances belonged to Laropi, Metu and Obongi health centres. He says since their breakdown, all the other health centres now depend two ambulances the hospital has. Adama says out of the two remaining ambulances, one is fully functional while the other one spends most of the time in the garage.]]> Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:59:34 +0300 3.654 31.7238 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44559 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44559 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:37:43 +0300 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44064 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44064 Many expectant mothers are now forced to sleep on the floor in the ward. When space on the floor in the ward runs out, their attendants sleep in corridors of the ward. Or outside on the hospital veranda and compound. ]]> Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:24:17 +0300 -7.56194 28.745 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44268 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44268 Patients at Jinja Hospital are being forced to fend for themselves as more than 60 medical personnel go on a sit down strike until their colleague is released. One woman was forced to give birth with the help of her husband on Sunday evening.]]> Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:19:14 +0300 0.437773 33.2031 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44194 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44194 In a move to get a solution to the nodding syndrome, the scientists are drafting a research proposal in which they intend to bring on board partners like the involved governments, civil society, WHO and CDC in finding the cause of the disease.]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:46:33 +0300 0.313611 32.5811 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44004 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44004 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:13:17 +0300 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=43922 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=43922 Josephine Amadriyo, another disabled mother says the situation is unfortunate. She says she has opted to deliver the last two of her children from home instead of suffering in health facilities that do not help them. She says in addition to poor facilities for the disabled mothers, the nurses are abusive. ]]> Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:36:49 +0300 3.654 31.7238 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=43839 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=43839 John Bosco Ozelle, the officer in charge of criminal investigations at Gulu Central Police Station explains that the suspect visited the school in Odek Sub-county and started giving the children a concoction of herbs that he claims cures the nodding disease. ]]> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:58:11 +0300 2.77932 32.2848 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=42111 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=42111 Uganda has 7 midwives for every 1000 live births, a new report, The State of the World’s Midwifery 2011 from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), says. Janet Jackson, the Country Representative for UNFPA in Uganda says each midwife delivers about 300 babies in a year. The World Health Organization recommends that a midwife should deliver at least 170 babies each year.]]> Fri, 04 May 2012 15:18:04 +0300 0.314269 32.5729 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=42076 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=42076 A pilot study by the Makerere University School of Public Health has led to the scaling up of new-born care in Iganga and Mayuge Districts. Dr. Peter Waiswa, the Principal Investigator on the study, says that they assessed the use and acceptability of new born care practices as well as the skills of health workers. ]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 15:25:27 +0300 0.314269 32.5729 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=38687 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=38687 Nametsi village, the scene of last year’s devastating landslide that killed more than 200 people in Bududa district is once again bustling with life.]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:21:33 +0300 1.01 34.3317 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=37839 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=37839 Hundreds of mothers in Amuru district, some as young as 18 years have embarked on planting a variety of vegetables and other food crops in a move aimed at boosting nutrition levels in their homes and increasing food security. ]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:36:09 +0300 2.90123 31.8501