CSOs Call for Domestic Health Security Financing as the World Recovers from Covid-19 Civil society organisations are calling for committed and sustained funding for health security in Uganda. The World Health Organization defines global health security as the activities required, both proactive and reactive, to minimize the danger and impact …
Read More »
Bare-chested miners dig pits to look for gold in Odupi sub county, Uganda. Image by Richard Drasimaku. Whether in Uganda or Burundi, gold mining remains predominantly artisanal and rudimentary. Many miners do not care about their health, less about the environment. By Richard Drasimaku and Renovat Ndabashinze November 15, 2023 …
Read More »
Ka kibeere mu Uganda oba Burundi, okusima zaabu kusigala nga kwa mikono era nga kwa musingi. Abasimi bangi tebafaayo ku bulamu bwabwe, tebafaayo nnyo ku butonde bw’ensi. Bya Richard Drasimaku (Uganda) ne Rinovat Ndabashinze (Burundi) This story was produced with support from the Congo Basin Rainforest Journalism Fund and the Pulitzer Center Okuva …
Read More »
WHAT DR DIANA ATWINE, PERMANENT SECRETARY MINISTRY OF HEALTH WANTS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO FULFILL IN THE 2023-2024 FINANCIAL YEAR (Prioritize Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, Hygiene and Sanitation) By Mercy Ahimbisibwe Each financial year, the Ministry of Health gives out guidelines to all local governments for the health sub-program and implementation …
Read More »
LOCAL MATERNITY AND NEONATAL SYSTEM BOOST HEALTH SERVICES IN NDORWA WEST, HON DAVID BAHATI’S AMBULANCE SAVING LIVES By Goodluck Musinguzi “This is Midwife Vastine from Butanda Health Center III, I have a mother in the labour of 5cm multiple pregnancies, pre-term labour she has no transport to reach Kabale Regional …
Read More »
EXPECTANT MOTHER WITH POOR OBSTETRIC HISTORY EVACUATED FROM LAKE BUNYONYI COORDINATED UNDER KIGEZI LOCAL MATERNAL AND NEONATAL STRATEGY TEAM By Goodluck Musinguzi Right timing, good coordination and improved referral services in Kigezi Region saved a mother and child who reached Bwama Health Center III at 9:30 pm on 22nd June …
Read More »
FIRST-EVER BLOOD PRODUCT IRRADIATION SERVICE MACHINE IN UGANDA/EAST AFRICA BY JCRC By Goodluck Musinguzi Dr Diana Atwine, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health has launched the RS3400 Irradiation system machine manufactured by Rad Source Technologies California valued at Shs1.4 billion. “This blood X-ray irradiation medical device is used to prevent transfusion-associated …
Read More »BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2023 President Yoweri Museveni has outlined parish development model (PDM) options for urban residents and families with less than four acres of land during his latest wealth creation tour in West Nile. “There are other people like here in Arua town who do …
Read More »
BY MARKO TAIBOT ADJUMANI: TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2023 Airtel Africa in partnership with UNICEF and the government of Uganda has launched a five-year multi-billion digital education project at St Mary’s Assumpta girls boarding secondary school in Adjumani district. The program intends to connect 100 schools to the internet and enroll …
Read More »
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2023 Once considered extinct, Africa’s largest soft-shell turtle known as the Nubian Flapshell turtle has made an unexpected comeback in river Nile sections in Uganda’s West Nile and parts of South Sudan. However, the river shores along Enyau, a tributary of river Nile …
Read More »