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Hon Lokwang denies accusations SOME KARAMOJA POLITICIANS ALLEGEDLY FRUSTRATE EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES, ONLY PS DR DIANA ATWINE CAN STOP THIS By Our Reporters As the Christmas festival season approaches, several parts of the country are busy in preparation to celebrate but it comes with many challenges of emergency nature that …

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 …

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 …

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 …

An expert makes a couple of poster presentations at the a TB care workshop in Kampala Ugandans want screening for tuberculosis incorporated into other healthcare services such as antenatal care or other hospital visits. This is part of the recommendations following a joint study conducted by the Ministry of Health …

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 …

MULAGO LAUNCHES INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY SERVICES, USES IMAGING GUIDANCE TO PERFORM MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURES By Goodluck Musinguzi Mulago National Referral hospital has acquired Interventional radiology treatment which is a life saving procedure to those who need it. Uganda has one of the worst records of both post-partum haemorrhage and road-traffic related …

GULU REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL REGISTER FIRST EVER ECTOPIC DELIVERY By Tolit Ivan and Goodluck Musinguzi- Gulu City 12.08.2023 Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has successfully delivered a woman with an ectopic pregnancy, the first of its kind in Northern Uganda and the third in Uganda this year, 2023 according to Dr …

HOIMA DISTRICT GETS AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT(ICU), IT WILL REDUCE ON REFERRALS TO MULAGO Dr Sophie Namasopo, Director Hoima Regional Referral Hospital thanked the government through Ministry of Health and World Bank for helping Hoima realize the dream of constructing a modern Intensive Care Unit(ICU) at the Hoima Regional Referral …

HOIMA REGIONAL BLOOD BANK TO SOLVE INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES FOR COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF BLOOD By Goodluck Musinguzi Dr Diana Atwine, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health has reprioritised blood transfusion services in Uganda by providing more funding to Uganda Blood Transfusion Services to construct more infrastructure that will improve …