A new report shows that youth demand for the lowering of the age consent for HIV/AIDS testing for the young generation. This was revealed by the young people in the base line survey conducted in Luwero and Nakasongola districts by the community health Alliance Uganda on top of other districts in Buganda and Busoga under the […]
Residents in Mukono municipality have more reason to smile following the Rotary Club of Kampala constructing a modern health facility to cater for their health needs. The hospital worthy over Uganda shillings 400 million will go a long way in supplementing government efforts on improving health delivery in the country. Ranked the third best in […]
The Uganda Non Communicable Disease Alliance (UNCDA) a local NGO and umbrella body for organizations that advocate for non communicable diseases is urging government to expeditiously have in place a policy on non communicable diseases to help facilitate smooth handling of these killer diseases and also give a better life to Ugandans who are always […]
Following the declaration that now they are free from Ebola but still under investigations, Guinea has pledged to use similar systems Uganda uses in the fight against outbreaks. Guinea and Sierra leone were worst hit by the Ebola outbreaks where 0ver 11000 died and Uganda under the WHO arrangements sent experts to handle the curbing of […]
As a result of poor sanitation and low water cover in the country, Uganda loses 177 Million dollars every year to poor sanitation. This was revealed at a meeting where government and development partners launched the water and sanitation media awards for 2016 at hotel Africana in Kampala. The director water development in the ministry of […]
The World health organization is tasking Uganda to fully implement the plain packaging of all tobacco related products to ensure that consumers are totally protected and kept in the know on the dangers that come along when they continue consuming tobacco products as well as protecting the young from the habit. According to the WHO […]
Ugandans have been advised to go for Sickle cell screening before marriage to avoid the genetic condition of sickle cell. The Researcher attached to Uganda Infectious Disease Institute Andreas Kuznik spoke during the 6th international Symposium sickle cell disease in Africa held at Hotel Africana. Kuznik says it’s very useful for people to know their status to avoid having children […]
Out patients who get health services at Mulago National Referral Hospital have today been seen stranded after reaching the gates of the hospital to find huge notices that the services they have been getting from Mulago have been relocated to Kirrudu hospital in Makindye as Mulago Hospital under goes renovation. Some of the patients we […]
Mukono municipality Member of Parliament Betty Nambooze Bakireke is moving a private members bill to regulate Alcoholic drinks. Nambooze is fronting a bill known as the Alcoholic drinks control bill 2016 to repeal the Enguli Act of 1966 which is believed to not be a deterrent because of its weak penalties. She says that she is the […]
The ministry of health has protested the fees kampala capital city Authority is charging for Yellow Fever Vaccination. This as reports show that KCCA clinic charges 100,000 shillings from each person to be vaccinated against yellow fever to get a yellow fever card for travel. The minister of state for primary health care Sarah Opendi after members […]