A $USD 3 million project to assess the use of digital solutions to pay health workers involved in immunization campaigns has been launched. The project by the Makerere University School of Public Health will over the next three years study the effect of payment of health workers using digital platforms. They will be paid on time…
People with a neck circumference of 35 centimeters and beyond have a higher risk of developing heart disease, experts at the Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) have established in their latest research. Dr. Isaac Senabulya a cardiologist based at the UHI says they conducted a study in which they assessed people living with HIV to…
The Assistant Commissioner in charge of Nutrition in the Ministry of Health, Samalie Namukose has asked Members of Parliament to strengthen laws and policies related to food and nutrition to prevent the risk of Non-Communicable Diseases – NCDs. Namukose made the statement on Monday at the start of a four-day Parliamentary Nutrition week organized by the…