blood donation

Blood deficit in hospitals blamed on negative donation attitude

Blood deficit in hospitals blamed on negative donation attitude

Ugandan negative attitude towards blood donation is cited as a factor contributing to scarcity of blood in blood banks. The blood donor recruiter with Nakasero blood Bank  Ariho Franco says most Ugandan do not want to donate blood even when they are asked to do so leaving the exercise to a few people causing a big […]

Kadaga appeals for early cancer screening

The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has called for a mandatory tasting for cancer in Uganda as way of combating the disease in the country. Speaking at the inauguration of health week in the parliamentary commission Kadaga said that the proposal for mandatory tasting was made last year but government is yet to take action. […]

Uganda blood transfusion services boos grilled over refusing opposition blood

MPs on the committee of social services grilled the director of Uganda blood transfusion services Dorothy Kyeyune for bringing politics in the blood collection exercise. This was after a member of the committee Alice Alaso said the blood collecting body refused to collect blood from the people who were mobilised by the activists for change. […]