In a letter to the Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda, Deborah Malac, the US Ambassador to Uganda, said starting January 2020 the Uganda government should ensure that it fully facilitates its employees that participate in the activities, including workshops and outreaches.
Read more ...Health Minister in charge of General Duties Sarah Opendi said there is already reported misuse of PrEP, which can only be aggravated by allowing pharmacies to dispense these prevention medicines without prescription.
Read more ...Dr William Manyilirah, a Consultant Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon says such a condition happens when coronary arteries or heart vessels narrow suddenly leading to reduced supply of blood and oxygen to the heart muscles.
Read more ...The Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER) a Non-Governmental Organization has questioned the absence of Government’s contribution to the National Health Insurance scheme.
Read more ...Stephen Okello, a resident of Kanyagoga sub ward in Bardege Division of Gulu Municipality says that that bars in the area play music to unbearable levels especially at night interfering with their right to sleep.
Read more ...Releasing the findings on Wednesday, Muhammed Ahamed Sharrif, a social researcher and principal investigator on the study, said they selected a rural and urban sub county in each of the districts where respondents would be asked questions in group discussions and individual interviews between January and October.
Read more ...The Minister of State for Primary Health Care, Dr. Joyce Moriku says that the ministry is fast tracking a supplementary request of shillings 2 billion to facilitate the 1,170 medical interns currently deployed across Uganda.
Read more ...Dr. Victoria Nakibuuka, a neonatologist at Nsambya hospital and head of the Pediatric Unit under, which the bank is being established, said the project is largely funded through donations and fundraising.
Read more ...Kaggwa collapsed in his car, moments after leaving his home in Mulago, on the outskirts of Kampala, this morning. He was moments later rushed to Case clinic, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Read more ...Construction of the facility is being supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and is part of the 60 Billion Shillings Northern Uganda regional referral hospitals improvement project.
Read more ...The report presented by the Primary Health Care State Minister, Dr. Joyce Moriku Kaducu to the Parliamentary Health Committee, shows that the two interns carried out an emergency C-Section to save the life of a woman who was bleeding uncontrollably.
Read more ...Dr Lydia Mungherera, a board member at Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC), says that fund was meant to start this financial year as Uganda Revenue Authority is supposed to be deducting a 2% tax off drinks such as beer, Soda and Water to finance the fund.
Read more ...Dr. Natalia Kanem, the Executive Director of UNFPA says they require the USD 400 Million (approximately Shillings 517 Billion) to implement programmes that will deliver a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe and every young persons’ potential is fulfilled over three years leading to 2021.
Read more ...Government allocates 2,500 shillings for each student per day in the public health training institutions to cover the basic necessities of students and general maintenance costs.
Read more ...According to Dr Julius Otim, a Child Health Advisor in the ministry, one of the challenges they are establishing in the on-going assessment is the fact that not many have trained to take care of the babies born too soon.
Read more ...Victoria Nambasa, the product safety officer at NDA says the condoms were not free from holes and burst properties. It is estimated that over 4 million condoms produced in the batches will be affected. On the open market, a packet of Lifeguard condoms costs between 1,500 and 2,000.
Read more ...Goslino’s blood connect project secured government approval through the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. Although he didn’t mention the exact amounts, Goslino confirmed that his company Flexdrone has already received funding for the project.
Read more ...Jinja hospital director Edward Nkurunziza says that the mother, identified as Betty Biribawa suffered from antepartum haemorrhage, a serious complication of pregnancy which is sometimes caused by uterine rapture. At 32 weeks of the pregnancy, the mother was bleeding uncontrollably, warranting an emergency C-section to save her life.
Read more ...In a statement read by Vice President Edward Ssekandi, President Museveni said a skilled population is critical for development of the insurance, banking, Finance, Hotels, Trade and Shipping among others.
Read more ...The survey done by the departments of Social Sciences and Statistics of Makerere University involved 10,000 households selected from regions across the country.
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