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 »MALARIA: HOW LUWERO DISTRICT IS LOSING PEOPLE, MOSQUITO NETS SHOULD BE EMBRACED BY ALL PEOPLE ESPECIALLY MOTHERS AND CHILDREN By Goodluck Musinguzi Luwero District Health Mortality and Morbidity report for the last two years show close to 160 were killed by Malaria. The report highlights Malaria as the foremost cause …
Read More »MEDICAL MIRACLE UNFOLDS AS RARE ECTOPIC PREGNANCY CASE LEADS TO UNPRECEDENTED SURGICAL SUCCESS In an astonishing medical journey, Scovia Aciro, a 25-year-old mother of three from Ayweri village in Gulu District, found herself embroiled in an intricate medical puzzle when she discovered her pregnancy almost two …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 »Letter to the Government of Uganda By Godwin Agaba Lacrosse as a potential tourism gold mine This is a matter of great national importance that deserves your urgent attention! In 2017, my political science professor and former CIA agent in Charge of the African desk, Dr Daniel Young, gave me …
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MINISTRY OF HEALTH MEETS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS TO DISCUSS POST-EBOLA RECOVERY PLAN By Goodluck Musinguzi World Health Organization joined the Ministry of Health and other development partners to discuss and endorse the post-ebola recovery plan to be implemented in 180 days in the country(Uganda). Hon Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health …
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