More than 940 employees of Kyambogo University are to have their salaries deducted this month as the institution implements its Medical Insurance scheme.
Read more ...Irene Nakiriggya, the Reproductive Health Officer at Mengo based Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau (UPMB) says the Church has found no biblical condemnation of family planning anywhere in the Bible. She says rather than condemn it, the Bible encourages people to plan for their families in many verses including Genesis 1:28.
Read more ...The trial will use an improved version of ChAdOx1-GnGc-a vaccine currently only used by animals to treat RVF as an option to treating RVF in humans. Funding for the project is from the UK Vaccine Research and Development Network.
Read more ...Four people including a Congolese national were arrested in Arua, while one was arrested in Nebbi in a crackdown on illegal dealing in drugs.
Read more ...URA is supposed to collect a tax of 2 percent off beverages like soda, water and beer. The money taxed will be deposited on an account which will finance the country’s fight against HIV.
Read more ...According to Dr. Nguma, they had expected to carry out a mass vaccination of animals with 60,000 doses of vaccines from the Food and Agricultural Organization-FAO but the vaccines are yet to arrive.
Read more ...Hajarah Nambaziira a resident of Nambeere village says that when women visit the facility, they are asked money for gloves, mama kits on top of high transport to the facility among others which they can’t afford.
Read more ...Doctors at Uganda Cancer Institute note that many of the cancer patient received at the institute report late due to poor diagnosis. It is estimated that at least four out of every ten cancer patients are misdiagnosed at the first health center they visit.
Read more ...Florence Magume, a resident of Mbarara who claims to have lost a sister during the crisis, says that the apologies from the hospital management are not enough.
Read more ...The maternity centre located at Nsaasi village in Luweero Sub County was established by a Canadian yoga teacher Natalie Angell-Besseling, with a dream of preventing maternal and infant mortality in communities impacted by war, poverty and HIV/AIDS in Uganda.
Read more ...In January 2019, livestock quarantine was imposed following an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease, FMD. Consequently, sale and purchase of cattle, goats, sheep and pigs and their products were prohibited and all markets closed. The movement of cattle, goats, sheep and pigs and their products was restricted.
Read more ...Those arrested include Nalubwama Scovia, 32, Nankunda Peace, 23, Lawrence Kibaya a Shamba Boy and Kumanya Agripa, a security officer, according to a statement released by Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango.
Read more ...Mary has taken fertility pills, herbal medicines, food supplements, Pumpkin seeds and done all kind of exercises to boost her fertility in vain. She has also visited priests, herbalists and traditional healers in search of a solution. Mary describes the journey as the worst and most expensive venture she has ever taken on, with a bill of at least 40 million Shillings so far.
Read more ...The borders connecting Uganda to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda respectively have been operating all day and all night. However, surveillance teams argue that this gives leeway to people fleeing violence from the Ebola-hit regions to cross freely into Uganda, at times when the teams are tired and relaxed.
Read more ...The president who was responding to calls by the president of Uganda Nurses and Midwives union Justus Cherop Chillingati who revealed that the 2000 shillings daily allowance is too little and called for its increment to 15000 shillings. The president also revealed that the nurses will also be helped to focus on specialized training in a bid to improve service delivery.
Read more ...On Friday the Vice President of Uganda, Edward Ssekandi commissioned the fully furnished facility at Atiak Health Centre IV in Atiak Sub County. It was disclosed that the facility will start conducting minor surgeries and operations.
Read more ...West Buganda Diocesan Bishop Henry Katumba Tamale says that this will avert reports of any kind of sickness or death that might arise out of the poor health of pilgrims. He says that a medical check will help to ascertain whether a person will endure the conditions on the road and be able to walk long distances.
Read more ...According to the National Drug Authority, the veterinary drugs are worth 64.2 million shillings, while the other drugs of assorted medicine in 188 boxes is estimated at 65.8 million shillings.
Read more ...The commercial manufacture and consumption of waragi packed in sachets was delegitimized in 2017 on the basis of health and environmental concerns. The same order invoked price control mechanisms to prohibit access to smaller quantities of alcohol to the population.
Read more ...The aftermath was a painful and traumatizing experience as good Samaritans used metallic objects and to rescue passengers, who were trapped in the wreckage. Kizza was one of the good Samaritans who was seen manning the rescue mission, saving victims from the wreckage of the vehicle and putting them in contact with friends and relatives.
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