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Public Dialogue on the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), Uganda

The Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH)-Uganda, World Health Organisation (WHO)-Uganda, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-Uganda and the African Field Epidemiology ...

Uganda spends Shs3,000 per month on each citizen’s healthcare

Uganda spends Shs3,000 per month on each citizen’s healthcare

According to the Annual Health Accounts (NHA) findings by the ministry of health, the government spends an average of 3,000UGsh on each Ugandan for medical care. A patient receives treatment ...

Uganda yet to win battle against tobacco use

Uganda yet to win battle against tobacco use

A man lights a cigarette Uganda banned cigarette smoking in public As the world prepares to commemorate World No Tobacco Day on Thursday, Uganda is striving to fight against the ...

President Yoweri Museveni has called for inter–sectorial approach to manage disease outbreaks

President Yoweri Museveni has called for inter–sectorial approach to manage disease outbreaks

The President, who was today speaking at the opening of the 4th Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) High Level Ministerial Meeting at Speke Resort Munyonyo Hotel in Kampala, stressed that ...

WHO tasks Uganda on global branding of tobacco products

WHO tasks Uganda on global branding of tobacco products

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 ...

New drug may be more effective at preventing malaria in pregnant women

New drug may be more effective at preventing malaria in pregnant women

Photo: Echwalu Photography Malaria is a mass killer that every family in Africa dreads. In 2013 statistics showed that about 3.2 billion people – almost half of the world's population ...

Causes of cleft lip

The causes of Clift lip are not so specific, but the presence of clefts in a family increases the chances. Other causes of cleft lip are vitamin deficiency and taking ...

Good diet helps in prevention of spinal bifida

  Having a good diet helps us to prevent spinal bifida. This is the most common of a group of birth defects in Uganda and around the world known as ...

Alcohol consumption causes cancer

  Over-consumption of alcohol linked is to cancer. Almost 10% of all cancers in men and 3% in women in Western Europe are caused by people drinking too much alcohol. ...

Government and World health Organisation declares Uganda Ebola free

The Ministry of Health together with health supporting donors have declared Uganda Ebola free, following the Ebola outbreak On May 6th 2011 in  Luwero district  that claimed one life and left many others ...

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