Activity Overview On 19 June 2026, the Health Journalists Network in Uganda (HEJNU), with support from HEPS Uganda, convened a half-day Media Science Café at Court Lane Hotel in Masaka City. The café brought together 21 journalists from radio, television, print, online, and digital media across the Greater Masaka region to strengthen their understanding of…
HEJNU Media Science Café funded by CATALYTIC Fund (IPAS) On 26 May 2026, the Health Journalists Network in Uganda (HEJNU) convened a one-day Media Science Café in Kampala sponsored by the CATALYTIC Fund to strengthen journalists’ understanding and reporting of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). The session was opened by HEJNU Founder/President Esther…
Europe is making steady progress in reducing air pollution, but increasingly frequent heatwaves, wildfires and other climate-related events are creating new health risks and threatening decades of environmental gains, according to a major assessment released Wednesday. The European Air Quality Assessment Report 2025, published by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), found that emissions from…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s health surveillance system is struggling to meet national reporting targets at a time when the country continues to grapple with multiple infectious disease threats, according to the Ministry of Health’s Epidemiological Bulletin for Week 25. The report shows that only 68.5% of health facilities submitted surveillance reports on time during epidemiological…
Allergy and immunology specialists across Africa are calling for allergic diseases to be recognized as a public health priority, warning that millions of people are living with conditions that remain underdiagnosed and poorly managed across the continent. Marking World Allergy Week 2026, the African Alliance for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (AFRICALLI) said conditions such as…
Health educators and HIV/AIDS focal persons from across the Karamoja sub-region are undergoing training on the implementation of Lenacapavir, a new twice-yearly injectable drug for HIV prevention, recently introduced by the Ministry of Health. The training, conducted by the Uganda AIDS Commission in Moroto District, is aimed at equipping health communication officers and focal persons…
As the Ministry of Health (MOH) readies to commemorate the World Sickle Cell Day in Jinja on Friday, children battling the hereditary blood disorder in Busoga grapple in pain amidst stockouts of hydroxyurea, a wonder drug for reducing painful crises and other complications. Hydroxyurea was recently added to the essential medicines list and government announced…
Rising cases of teenage pregnancies and early marriages in Amudat District have been linked to the annual Lopeikiret courtship dance, with authorities warning that the cultural practice is exposing girls aged 13 to 18 to early sexual activity and forced marriages. District leaders and health workers say the dance, held between October and December among…
Health communication is most effective when people receive, understand, and trust information in the language they use in everyday life. Across Africa and many low-resource settings, a significant proportion of the population has limited proficiency in official languages such as English, French, or Portuguese. Consequently, health messages delivered only in these languages may fail to…
Health workers are calling for expanded age-appropriate sexuality education for girls, saying it could help reduce the high number of unsafe abortions reported in Uganda. Speaking at a Media Café organized by the Health Journalists Network Uganda (HEJNU), Joyce Najjemba, a nursing officer at Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital, said the hospital’s emergency department…