President Yoweri Museveni participated in activities to launch the National Physical Activity day at Kololo airstrip, Kampala. The significance of the day is to inform the population about the importance of physical activity, its relevance in preventing Non-Communicable Diseases and keeping healthy. As part of the activities, the President took part in a 10-kilometre walk […]
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 […]
In a bid to enhance physical fitness among Ugandan citizens, the Justice Ministry is currently drafting the Physical and Sports Science bill that will replace the current National Council of Sports act which was enacted way back in 1964 and does not live to the current standards. According to the Commissioner Physical Education and Sports in the […]
The State Minister for Health, Chris Baryomonsi has cautioned Tuberclsosis patients in Uganda to endeavor to follow the prescriptions given for taking their drugs. Baryomonsi is concerned that since TB treatment lasts for more than four months most patients tend to give up taking before prescribed doses are complete under the guise of feeling better, […]
People can often have diabetes and be completely unaware. The main reason for this is that the symptoms, when seen on their own, seem harmless. However, the earlier diabetes is diagnosed the greater the chances are that serious complications, which can result from having diabetes, can be avoided. Here is a list of the most […]
UNU-IIGH Ph.D. Fellowships Programme: The United Nation University International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH) Ph.D. Fellowships Programme seeks six postdoctoral candidates from educational institutes around the world who would benefit from a period of stay to twelve months at UNU-IIGH in Kuala Lumpur. The programme will be closely related to UNU-IIGH’s own research programmes:- Efficiency […]
Fellowships in Public Health & Tropical Medicine support outstanding researchers from low- and middle–income countries to establish themselves as leading investigators at an academic institution in a low- and middle–income country location. Research projects should be aimed at understanding and controlling diseases (either human or animal) of relevance to local, national or global health. Fellowship […]
The government has expressed concern over the high number of patients’ with diabetes in Uganda. The ministry of health has says many hospitals are reporting increased cases of diabetes in different parts of the country. The ministry’s program manager in charge of non-communicable diseases Dr. James Sekajugo says the cases of diabetes have increased by […]
The burden of non-communicable diseases is evident in every corner of the Commonwealth, and is impacting on both rich and poor countries, at all levels of society – Commonwealth Secretary-General Commonwealth health ministers and senior officials will meet in Geneva, Switzerland, on 15 May 2011 to discuss how to tackle non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which currently […]