Uganda could save about 194 billion shillings if it only invested more in contraceptive commodities and services and met all the unmet needs for contraceptives according to a policy brief of Guttmacher Institute. This institute largely deals in advancing sexual and reproductive health worldwide through research, policy analysis and public education. The Institute says that […]
Makerere University School of Public Health has launched the “One Health” initiative, which is aimed at bridging the gap between the human and veterinary medicine through enhanced educational and communication campaigns and strengthening of public health systems especially in developing countries like Uganda. As part of creating more awareness on the scheme, the school of public […]
The biggest number of cases of maternal deaths in Uganda occurs as a result of hemorrhage (acute bleeding during delivery). According to a policy brief of the Uganda Women’s network, excessive bleeding is responsible for 26% of the maternal deaths in Uganda. UWONET says Sepsis (infections) cause 22% of the maternal deaths , while13% of […]
The National Service Delivery Survey has revealed that 57% of Ugandans interviewed in the survey think health services in Uganda had improved since 2004 when the last survey was carried out. The 2008 Survey results released on Friday also reveals that 36 of household members reported that they fell sick or sustained an injury 30 […]
The Prime Minister Prof. Apollo Nsibambi has hailed Dr. Chris Baryomunsi for having braved the storm and moved a Private Member’s Bill on Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation that was passed by Parliament last year, assented to by the President and has thus become an act of Parliament. Speaking to journalists in Kampala, Prof. Nsibambi has […]
President Yoweri Museveni has urged all African Heads of State and government to adopt multiple and cheaper ways of health services in solving the challenges of most of diseases afflicting the common person. He cited immunization, hygiene, nutrition and behaviour change as some of the cheaper ways used by the Government of Uganda in combating […]
Internships, Graduate Student positions and Postdoctoral Research Positions are available in the area of biological/biomedical signal processing and mathematical modeling. Job Description: Students with research interests at the interface of electrical engineering and biology are especially encouraged to apply. Topics include: o modeling of epileptic seizures (from abstract network models to detailed biophysical models); o […]
The Minister of Uganda for Health, Dr. Stephen Malinga has urged midwives and nurses to observe ethics while performing their duties. He says the midwives, nurses and all medical staff in general are supposed to save peoples lives by oath. The minister says during the graduation ceremony of any medical officer s/he has to solemnly […]
With an 8.9% budget allocation to the health sector, according to the 2010 Africa Health Financing Scorecard, Uganda is ranked 28th out of the 53 countries in Africa. The scorecard is a summary of findings on the 2009/2010 Abuja commitment of African Heads of State and governments to allocate 15% of their domestic budgets to […]
According to the recent study published in the Public Library of Science medical journal, it estimates that in Africa 85% of maternal, newborn and under-age-5 deaths could be prevented if African countries took good interventions to curtail maternal and infant mortality. This means that each year about 4 million of African women, new borns and […]