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UGANDA – The Ministry of Health of Uganda has launched the first-ever Children Surgery National Plan that aims at scaling up paediatric surgical services to regional referral and national hospitals…
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UGANDA – St Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Gulu City has successfully operated on and treated thirty children with Anorectal malformation, a birth defect where a child presents without an anus…
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UGANDA – Uganda is set to introduce the yellow fever vaccine to children aged 9 months, as part of its commitment to the EYE Strategy, with a vaccine introduction grant…
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UGANDA – The Ugandan government through the Ministry of Health, has unveiled the Check Now HIV self-test kit to facilitate easy access to testing services among university students. The test…
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UGANDA— Dr. Patrick Otim, a World Health Organization (WHO) official in Africa, is calling for increased support to countries grappling with cholera outbreaks. He warns that the disease has the…
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UGANDA – The Ministry of Health has reported a decrease in maternal mortality rate from 336 mothers per 100,000 live births to 284 women per 100, 000 live births. According…
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UGANDA – Health experts have urged government to consider extensive research on the nodding disease syndrome, which continues to inflict pain and death among children in the Acholi sub-region in…
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UGANDA – The Uganda Cancer Institute has added a new technology of blood and cellular therapy to provide more treatment options for patients, including those without cancer, but referred for…
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UGANDA – Lira Regional Referral Hospital has received its first microbiology laboratory and equipment to support the investigation of bacterial infections particularly those that have shown resistance to common antibiotics.…
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UGANDA – Ministry of Health has reported a worrying surge in malaria cases with figures showing there was an increase in malaria cases from 100,000 in 2021 to 199,695 cases…
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