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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Lacor Hospital successfully operates 30 children with Anorectal malformation in Gulu
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…
Read More9-month-old children to be vaccinated against yellow fever in Uganda
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…
Read MoreHealth ministry looks to new self-testing kit to control HIV among university students
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…
Read MoreWorld Health Organization calls for aid to combat cholera outbreaks in Africa
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…
Read MoreUganda records a decrease in maternal mortality rate
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…
Read MoreSpecialist call for extensive research on nodding disease syndrome
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…
Read MoreUganda Cancer Institute introduces new technology of blood and cellular therapy
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…
Read MoreLira Regional Referral Hospital receives microbiology laboratory and equipment
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.…
Read MoreMinistry of Health concerned with rising malaria cases in the past year
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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