Premature babies at Lira Regional Referral Hospital may soon have a safer journey to intensive care after hospital engineers developed a locally made baby transporter that provides oxygen during the critical transfer from the labour suite or theatre to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The innovation is intended to address one of the critical…
Financing As of 23 August, the WHO—Africa CDC finance tracker shows pledges of US$1.3 billion and disbursements of US$333.3 million against a continental plan costed at US$518 million to the end of November. The tracker shows disbursement flows from financing partners to receiving governments or institutions and the geographical target for the funding. On 20 August, Africa CDC…
Cabinet has approved plans to borrow up to €31.98 million, equivalent to about 139 billion Shillings, from the French government to construct and equip a regional oncology centre in Mbarara. The decision was taken during a cabinet meeting at State House, Entebbe, on Monday, August 24, 2026, alongside a range of measures covering agricultural productivity,…
The Democratic Republic of Congo is set to vaccinate frontline health workers against Ebola using a vaccine whose effectiveness against the Bundibugyo strain remains unknown, as the outbreak becomes the country’s deadliest on record. The International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision has allocated 70,000 doses of Ervebo to the DRC, with 50,000 doses reserved for…
At the Neurosurgery ward of Mulago National Referral Hospital on Saturday lay about ten patients with their heads sealed in bandages, some struggling to seat or sustain a conversation. They are among the eighty who benefitted from a 14 day surgical camp that had specialists save patients with brain tumors and those with deformities of…
he government of Uganda is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of South Sudan to extend its support in the Ebola response by sending health workers. Dr. Charles Ayume, the State for Health in charge of Primary Health Care, said the move is aimed at helping South Sudan respond to Ebola…
Corporate football teams from across Uganda are set to converge in Mbale City this month for a tournament aimed at raising funds to equip the physiotherapy department at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital. The Ugandan National Corporate Tournament Eastern Edition 2026, hosted by Mbale Corporate Club, will be held on August 22 and 23 at Mbale…
A new study has found that stillbirth, preterm birth and neonatal mortality remain high among women delivering at Kawempe National Referral Hospital, with rates exceeding Uganda’s national estimates. The study, published in the Medical Journal Vaccine, found a stillbirth incidence of 26.3 per 1,000 total births, compared with the national estimate of 17 per 1,000…
The government has suspended a controversial provision that sought to introduce different facilitation arrangements for privately sponsored and government-sponsored medical interns, Health Minister Dr Chris Baryomunsi has told Parliament. The decision follows weeks of parliamentary pressure and protests by medical interns over the government’s earlier position on their allowances, with some interns arrested, charged and…
The Ministry’s review also identifies a number of factors that place some newborns at greater risk. Kampala has the country’s highest preterm birth rate, at 59.5 per 1,000 live births, compared with a national rate of 26.6. Lango and Acholi also have relatively high preterm birth rates, at 41.4 and 45.2 per 1,000 live births,…