As suppliers of school materials are busy raking in money from shoppers in last-minute shopping for children who return to school on today, health workers have also found themselves ‘drafted’ into the cash bonanza as parents flock to their clinics with medical forms from schools for stamping before the learners are allowed back in class…
The World Health Organization (WHO) released a new Global Breast Cancer Initiative Framework on Friday providing a roadmap to attain the target to save 2.5 million lives from breast cancer by 2040. The new Framework launched ahead of the World Cancer Day campaign recommends that countries implement the three pillars of health promotion for early…
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has asked providers in the private sector to periodically do a self-audit to see whether their performance is up to standard. In a circular sent out to hospital directors and in-charges across the country on Thursday, Dr Henry Mwebesa the Director General of Health Services said all health facilities irrespective…
The Ministry of Health will this year add the vaginal ring and injectable anti-retroviral therapy cabotegravir to the list of options for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV-negative individuals who are at high risk of infection. Dr. Joshua Musinguzi the AIDS Control Programme Manager at the Ministry of Health told URN in an interview that they are…
By H.E. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of Malawi “I was blind, but now I see.” This is what Vainesi, from Salima District in Central Malawi, said after surgery to treat trachoma. A mother of three, Vainesi had been unable to work or provide for her family once the disease began to affect her eyesight. Vainesi…
Twenty-two-year old Jhalia Nassiwa is one of the 87 survivors of the recent outbreak of Ebola Viral Disease that was declared by the World Health Organization and authorities in Uganda last month. While for many life has returned to normal, treatment centers closed and health workers returned to their pre-outbreak schedules, Nassiwa’s told URN that life has…
Residents of Jinja city on Thursday hailed UPDF’s efforts of cleaning up markets, health facilities and different streets in of commemoration Tarehe Sita (the army day). They say that despite the monthly fee of 5,000 Shillings for collecting the garbage from their doorsteps, the garbage sacks are just dumped along the different streets, which contributes to poor…
The Leader of Opposition – LOP Mathias Mpuuga has vowed to compel Parliament to investigate how the money allocated to the pensions scheme in the country is spent. Mpuuga observes that Uganda’s retirement benefits scheme is one of the most abused public resources that Parliament must investigate to ascertain the prevailing anomalies for appropriate interventions to…
CABI is providing technical expertise to help the Inter-African Phytosanitary Council of the African Union (AU-IAPSC) implement the Plant Health Strategy for Africa with the ultimate aim of increasing the food security of the continent. Funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), CABI’s regional centre for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, is working with…
Today, on World Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Day, the World Health Organisation has released a new progress report, entitled “Global report on neglected tropical diseases 2023” highlighting the progress and challenges in delivering NTD care worldwide, against a backdrop of COVID-19-related disruptions. In 2020, the World Health Assembly (WHA) endorsed the NTD road map for…