Researchers in Uganda are asking government to start implementing the newly released WHO guidelines in the prevention of HIV in high risk communities which researchers and WHO say reduce the cost of treating the disease in a long run. According to Dr. Nulu Bulya and Dr. Charles Brown from infectious disease institute, new WHO prevention strategies […]
As the numbers of persons with disability continue to rise globally, Uganda society for disabled children (USDC), an organization that helps disabled children in the country, is asking government and other stake holders to put in more resources to address the situation. Uganda society for disabled children program officer Geoffrey Katende says that much as the […]
A number of local artists have now turned to fighting for a noble cause as a good number of them are into a massive battle against cancer that has now silently claimed many lives in the country than ever before. Among the artists are, Naira Ali, Gravity Omutuju, Barbi Jay, Sophie Gombya who through their talent […]
Scientists have rebuffed the widely held belief that we need eight hours of sleep a night in a new study. A study by the University of California shows that six hours and 25 minutes is enough sleep for a person. This was done through observation of the sleep habits of three groups of hunter gatherers […]
Currently, more than 100,000 people (12,500 households) are at a risk of landslides in the Mt. Elgon and Rwenzori sub-regions. As stated above, upto 20,000 of them are likely to be displaced between November 2015 and February 2016. According to a World Meteorological Organization report Uganda and other East African Countries would experience an El […]
H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is calling on all Ugandans to always wash their hands after visiting toilets and before eating to avoid catching diseases which have led to loss of many lives. While delivering the president’s speech at the national hand washing ceremonies yesterday in Luwero district, the vice president of Uganda, Hon. Edward Kiwanuka […]
A section of Ugandans have embarked on a massive campaign that is geared towards compelling government through parliament to make adjustments in the current laws governing safe abortion, with the campaign seeing the activists collecting over a million signatures to be used to petition the coming parliament to work on their call. According to the […]
The Ministry of Health says by end of next year, it would have tested about 800,000 Ugandans with HIV using the new technology that tells the amount of the virus one has in their bodies. The new technology known as Viral load is different from the CD4 count tests that have usually been carried out which could only […]
The Executive Director of the Sickle cell Association of Uganda, Ruth Nankaja, revealed a new strategy they are soon unveiling that will see pharmaceuticals companies in the country partner with the association to increase the distribution of sickle cell medicines to all the treatment centers in the country. According to Nankanja the country has only one sickle cell clinic […]
A study published September 8th, 2015 in JAMA – Journal of the American Medical Association, has established that daily iron supplementation during pregnancy did not result in an increased risk of malaria. The study done in Kenya noted that Anemia in pregnancy is a moderate or severe health problem in more than 80 percent of […]