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…