The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has revealed that African countries worst affected by HIV/AIDS are registering commendable progress in reducing the infection rates of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. According to a new status report on HIV/AIDS in the world relased to today by UNAIDS, infection rates globally have fallen by 17% […]
The World Health Organisation has expressed concern over the low immunization coverage in Hoima district. Dr. Patrick Banura, the World Health Organizational technical adviser on immunization says Hoima is among the districts with limited immunization coverage in the country, with the district registering 55% immunization coverage compared to 85% two years ago. Addressing health officials […]
The Minister of State for health Dr. Richard Nduhuura has revealed that the government of Uganda is set to roll out the universal distribution of the cervical cancer vaccine to 10 more districts. The vaccine that prevents the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) which causes cervical cancer is distributed to young girls who are not yet […]
Makerere University Institute of Environment and Natural Resources (MUIENR) presented its report and catalogue to UNATCOM on the findings of the project on preservation of medicinal plants for poverty reduction and sustainable development. UNATCOM is the Uganda National Commission for UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), which will be responsible for distributing the […]
Description: Text to Change, a Dutch NGO is looking for a project coordinator to strenghten the team and office of Text to Change in Uganda. The project that needs a coordinator is: Using mobiles to improve health outcomes for mothers and infants in Uganda. Direct project partnerships will include UNICEF, Government health services, the NGO […]
Job Description: The purpose of this program is to provide training for clinical OB/GYN physicians in global women’s health research and service provision. We will educate future leaders in the global health community who will develop educational initiatives, improve clinical services, and promote research in global women’s reproductive health. The program will complement existing clinical […]
International Fellowship program for women’s in the field of Health Job Description: The purpose of this program is to provide training for clinical OB/GYN physicians in global women’s health research and service provision. We will educate future leaders in the global health community who will develop educational initiatives, improve clinical services, and promote research in […]
Despite the government’s effort to make health services easily accessible to all Ugandans, Uganda still has a long way to go with 26 of the districts in the country lacking at least a hospital in them, according the a report of the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative which focused on the right to Health Care […]
The Political Parties that turned up for a public debate on health organized by has identified resource wastage as one of the biggest constraints of the improvement of the health sector in the country. The three political parties, the Uganda People’s Congress, the People’s Development Party and the Uganda Federal Alliance that turned up for […]
Graduate Fellowship Program Job Description: Recruiting students and postdocs for projects within the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology (SMART), to be supervised by myself and MIT faculty. In those projects we apply mathematical engineering to problems in bioengineering and biochemistry, for example: o Bayesian multiscale modeling of cell physiology o stochastic modeling and […]