New survey findings are showing a shift in the HIV burden in Uganda from the young people to middle and older age individuals. The Ministry of Health has released preliminary findings of the Uganda Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (UPHIA) survey showing a decline in the prevalence of HIV in all age groups, except among older…
The Ministry of Health says 90% of Health Center IVs in Uganda can not offer blood transfusion services. A health centre IV is a mini hospital with wards for men, women, and children and should be able to admit patients and conduct surgeries such as the caesarian section births in addition to treating conditions such as…
Nutritionists at the Department of Public Health at Lira University are developing recipes to improve the nutrition of children suffering from nodding syndrome in Acholi and Lango sub-regions. The recipes will be from locally available foods that are cheap and accessible to the communities which will contain nutrients that the children lack. It will be…
David Ssenfuka, the herbalist who claims to have a cure for non-communicable diseases like cancer and diabetes has announced today that he will not treat patients anymore. He has cited frustration and sabotage from the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI). Ssenfuka’s announcement follows calls by the government to standardise herbal medicines in the country by taking…
More than 1.2 million people – and potentially millions more – died in 2019 as a direct result of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, according to the most comprehensive estimate to date of the global impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The analysis of 204 countries and territories, published in The Lancet, reveals that AMR is now a…
Uganda will need to train more field epidemiologists in order to make major strides in disease surveillance and handling outbreaks before spiralling out of control. This was revealed by Dr Alex Riolexus Ario, the Director of the Uganda National Institute of Public Health as a batch of 13 specialists were graduating as field epidemiologists…
The Health Ministry has delayed to upload the data of the more than 6.5 million Ugandans’ COVID-19 jabs on its portal due to technical challenges. Dr. Daniel Kyabayinze, the COVID-19 Incident Commander, says they got overwhelmed by the high turn up of vaccinated people in a short period of time. Between November and December, the…
The Ministry of Health has launched an integrated computer system to curb drug shortage and wastage in health facilities countrywide. The system includes the provision of computers and trained staff to monitor the availability and usage of drugs in health facilities. While many health facilities in the country order medicines through the National Medic Stores…
Medical workers at the Kawolo Hospital Maternity Department are failing to cope with the high numbers of babies born at the facility yet they have limited space to accommodate them at the neonatal unit. The unit which was designed to accommodate 20 premature babies, often born before 28-weeks gestation and are seen to be unwell…
Report on Media Engagement for Editors in Uganda 1. Introduction: The breakfast media engagement café that took place at Café Javas Lugogo in Kampala on the 16th of November bringing together 25 participating editors of different media houses in Uganda, an expert and an activist in the fight against the HIV epidemic in Uganda. 2. Objectives The four hours…