The ministry health has announced plans to equip Health Center IIs to deliver pregnant women. Previously, health centers IIs have been handling only general illness and primary health care. The announcement comes as the country joins the rest of the world to commemorate the safe mother hood day tomorrow in Kyenjonjo districts. The commissioner clinical […]
The National Drug Authority has assured Ugandans and the international community that condoms available in Uganda were adequately tested and are safe for use. NDA Spokesperson Fredrick Ssekkyana says that the country has equipment for detecting substandard condoms and drugs. This follows an incident early this week in which a whistle blower who had petitioned […]
The government of Uganda is planning of recruit a total of 6174 health workers who will include Doctors, Theatre staff, Nursing Assistant and Enrolling Midwives nursing Assistants at Health centers 3s and Health center 4s. This comes after parliament approved 39 billion out of 260 billion including the salary enhancement and recruitment of Health workers […]
Kitgum woman MP Beatrice Anywar has asked government to set up protective homes for nodding syndrome people in Kitgum. Anywar said that several of girls who are victims of nodding syndrome were defiled by some men and the latest incidents are reported to have happened on the 50 years of Independence Day celebrations. Addressing journalists […]
Several members of parliament, staffs, soldiers and voters are feared to have contracted the deadly HIV/AIDS following alleged government’s decision to supply defective condoms to the masses. In fact, already a suit against government Attorney General and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has been tabled before the high court seeking court orders against government […]
Members of Parliament are planning embark on the process of amending the constitution to make access to health a human right. Members of parliament under their umbrella body the Network for African Women Ministers and Parliamentarians-Uganda chapter say that the right to health is not well stipulated in the constitution of Uganda which may be […]
Members of the Network for African Women Ministers and Parliamentarians-Uganda Chapter have vowed to work towards having more funding for the health sector in the next national budget to ensure equipping of the Hospitals. The Chairperson of the Network for African Women Ministers and Parliamentarians-Uganda Sylvia Namabidde says that efforts are already under way to […]
While some people are enjoying the fall weather, others are suffering from cold and flu as a result of sinusitis . Sinus are caused by a viral, bacterial or fungal infection.children as well as adults suffer from sinusitis annually. Sinusitis can be caused by colds, allergies, problems with your immune system or structural problems […]
The Member of Parliament for Samia Bugwe North in Busia district Julius maganda has demanded government to stock hospitals with drugs as it used to be at the beginning of the Uganda’s independence. Maganda told journalists at parliament that from 1963 to 1973 the hospitals used to be with drugs to cater for all the […]
The ministry of health has advised pregnant mothers to always to go for antenatal checks to ensure they have normal births. The call comes at a time when the ministry’s statistics indicate that 16 women are still losing their lives on a daily basis while giving birth. The primary health coordinator at the ministry Albert […]