A new Series published in The Lancet and The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journals highlights the pervasive and rapidly growing prevalence of diabetes worldwide. The Series reveals that diabetes is outpacing most diseases globally and is projected to affect more than 1.3 billion people by 2050 if effective mitigation strategies are not implemented. The alarming…
More than 89,000 children under the age of five and 10,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women in the nine districts of Karamoja are in dire need of immediate assistance due to severe malnutrition. This distressing revelation comes from the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, an internationally recognized standard for assessing food security and…
The Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has refuted a statement by the Ministry of Finance regarding the release of 22.9 billion Shillings to cater for payment and deployment of 1,900 medical interns. This followed a report to parliament by the Minister of State for Finance- General Duties, Henry Musasizi in which he said…
The Leader of Opposition – LOP in Parliament Mathias Mpuuga has decried the appalling state of critical infrastructure, and essential service breakdown in Mityana District. Mpuuga has been on an oversight visit to the Mityana and toured health facilities, schools, road networks, and local government headquarters, and conducted various meetings with local leaders and civil…
The Minister of Health has revealed that the National Health Insurance Scheme Bill will be re-tabled.The Bill was on 31st March 2021 passed by Parliament but President Yoweri Museveni declined to assent to it due to disagreements among some stakeholders. It was then reported that private companies were not comfortable with some financial obligations in…
One in five Ugandans aged 60 and above suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, a new study by researchers at Makerere University’s Department of Psychiatry has revealed. Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative condition that causes the brain to shrink and brain cells to die, slowly destroying memory and thinking skills, and eventually, the ability to carry out…
WHO has published its first global research agenda for the world’s scientists to address the most urgent human health priorities to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). It outlines 40 research topics on drug-resistant bacteria, fungi and Mycobacterium tuberculosis that must be answered by 2030, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. The WHO Global Research Agenda…
During the Private Health Sector Convention organized by the Uganda Healthcare Federation (UHF), Dr. Tom Aliti, the Commissioner in charge of partnerships in the Ministry of Health, highlighted some concerning issues regarding private health providers in Uganda. He revealed that although private health providers serve as the first point of care for over 50 percent…
Moroto Regional Referral Hospital is facing significant challenges in disposing of unclaimed bodies abandoned by relatives. The hospital administrators have decried the financial burden of burying the bodies, as families are neglecting their responsibility to claim their deceased loved ones. The unclaimed corpses include individuals who have died from gunshot wounds, alcohol abuse, and other…
Gulu Regional Referral Hospital (GRRH) management has expressed the need for increased funding from the government. They believe that the current annual allocation of Shillings 1.2 billion for medical supplies and drugs is insufficient. The management is requesting the government to triple the support to at least Shillings 3.6 billion annually to meet the demands…