Parliament has passed the Immunisation Bill, 2014 that seeks to reduce morbidity, mortality and disability due to life threatening and preventable infections in children and women of reproductive age. The Private Member’s Bill was moved by Yumbe District Woman Representative Huda Oleru in 2014. Presenting the report of the Health Committee on the Bill, the Chairperson […]
A new UNDP human development report 2015 indicates that Uganda has registered progress towards human development mainly in regions that are benefiting from PRDP since the year 2006 to date with the report indicating improvement from 0.448% in 2002/6 to 0.463% in 2012/13 representing a growth rate of 0.5% per annum for the whole country. With the […]
People living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda are worried that the prolonged shortage of ARV drugs in the country might lead to drug resistance because many patients are currently going without taking the prescribed medicines. Civil society organizations on HIV and AIDS are worried that when cases of drug resistance escalate, the situation might consequently force government […]
The risks of smoking while pregnant are well known and widely communicated. These are many and include: Lowering the amount of oxygen available to you and your growing baby. Increase in your baby’s heart rate. Increase in the chances of miscarriage and stillbirth. Increase in the risk that your baby is born prematurely and/or born with low birth weight. […]
The country Director United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS Musa Bungudu has asked parliament to negotiate with the cultural leaders to end practices of wife sharing among men to avoid the spread of HIV/AIDS. Bungunda made the remarks while speaking at the opening of the parliament health week at CHOGM ground in Kampala. He said that some of […]
Ugandans and donors in the fight against Hemophilia disease have appealed to government to allocate funds for the treatment of patients living with this disease. The project manager Novo nordisk haemophilia foundation Mr. Shady Sedhom says that the government of Uganda should invest in equipping laboratories that test for haemophilia to enable patients cut on the […]
A new report dubbed Human rights and Poverty has been released today by the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) indicating that 10% of Ugandans are still living in chronic poverty. The report notes that the chronically poor people not only lack income but also Education, skills, assets, good health and strong social networks. The same reports highlights that […]
The gender, labour and social development minister, Muruli Mukasa is advising parents to always take off time and speak to their children about the deadly HIV/AIDS disease if the country is to scale down on new infections among the adolescents. Speaking at the opening of the stakeholders meeting, the minister reveals that adolescents are these days […]
The minister of state for health Dr. Chris Baryomunsi says 33875 Ugandans already screened for Hepatitis B and 3130 tested positive. He says that the 10 billion shillings provided is not enough compared to the magnitude of the disease, calling for additional funds towards scaling down Hepatitis B since there are 3 million people at risk […]
Scientists and researchers from Uganda and overseas are highlighting the burden of meningitis that has continued to manifest itself among HIV/AIDS patients with now scientists saying it has continued to kill many HIV patients as most of them notice the disease when its too late.According to the Infectious disease institute head of research programme at Makerere university, Dr. Andrew Kambugu, […]