Bulemeezi County FC is mourning the death of its player, Rogers Sebyondwa, who succumbed to injuries sustained during a Buganda Kingdom Masaza Cup match against Kyaggwe County FC. Sebyondwa was injured on Sunday, August 2, after colliding with Kyaggwe County FC’s goalkeeper during the group stage fixture at Kasana Sports Ground in Luwero District. He…
The World Health Organization on Tuesday defended Uganda’s decision to declare its Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak over before completing the conventional 42-day waiting period, saying the country’s response should be judged by its success in stopping transmission rather than by strict adherence to timelines. Uganda discharged its last confirmed Ebola patient from the National Isolation and…
Health officials in Kasese District are warning of a growing trend of early weaning, saying more mothers are stopping breastfeeding before their babies reach six months, putting both mothers and children at risk. The concerns were raised as Kasese joined the rest of the country in marking World Breastfeeding Week, an annual campaign observed from…
By Fred Kayongo African scientists are calling on governments to invest in HIV cure research, saying the continent must move beyond serving as a testing ground for scientific discoveries and become a leader in developing a cure. The appeal was made during the 2026 HIV Research Community Symposium in Kampala, where researchers said Africa, despite…
Drug shortages, charges for face masks and calls to expand specialized healthcare services dominated discussions at the third public accountability meeting, or Baraza, at Lira Regional Referral Hospital on Thursday. The forum brought together Ministry of Health officials, hospital managers, local leaders and members of the public to assess health service delivery and give residents…
When Winnie Byanyima entered the intensive care unit at Mulago National Referral Hospital on Monday, she said she barely recognized the man lying in the hospital bed. Dr. Kizza Besigye, Uganda’s four-time presidential candidate and one of the country’s longest-serving opposition figures, was unconscious and under heavy security after collapsing in the High Court during…
Surgeons in Uganda are seeking financial and logistical support to expand volunteer surgical camps aimed at reducing long waiting lists that have left some patients waiting up to a decade for operations. The Association of Surgeons of Uganda (ASOU) organizes annual outreach camps in different parts of the country, where specialists volunteer their time to…
Five years after opening with ambitions to support fertility preservation and organ transplantation, Makerere University’s biobank has yet to expand beyond sperm storage because of funding constraints, its director says. Prof. Moses Joloba, a molecular biologist who heads the facility at Makerere University Hospital, said the bank has secured funding to continue sperm banking but…
Closed-circuit television cameras at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital helped authorities trace and recover a one-day-old baby boy less than 24 hours after he was allegedly abducted from the hospital’s maternity ward, officials said. The newborn was recovered Tuesday in Laguti Sub-county, Pader District, after community members intercepted a suspect identified as Kevin Lamaro, a resident…
DNA evidence presented in the High Court in Soroti links only one juvenile witness, identified as A6, to forensic exhibits recovered during investigations into the killing of Joan Faith Apio, a 6-year-old Primary One pupil at Jozan Nursing and Primary School, a forensic analyst testified on Monday. Apio was found dead in a school latrine…