Daily Archives: June 25, 2023

Gov’t to Retable National Health Insurance Bill

The Minister of Health has revealed that the National Health Insurance Scheme Bill will be re-tabled.The Bill was on 31st March 2021 passed by Parliament but President Yoweri Museveni declined to assent to it due to disagreements among some stakeholders. It was then reported that private companies were not comfortable with some financial obligations in…

New Study Highlights Huge Burden of Alzheimer’s Disease among Uganda’s Elderly

One in five Ugandans aged 60 and above suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, a new study by researchers at Makerere University’s Department of Psychiatry has revealed. Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative condition that causes the brain to shrink and brain cells to die, slowly destroying memory and thinking skills, and eventually, the ability to carry out…