New technologies to help transform livelihoods, boost productivity and enhance food and nutrition security

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African governments and regional economic blocs have been urged to increase funding for Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) and create an enabling environment for technology adoption. This would transform livelihoods and enable the continent to benefit from modern agricultural innovations such as biotechnology including gene-editing and other emerging technologies for sustainable economic growth. This call…

Uganda: 18 years and below can’t enrol for health courses in vocational institutions

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With the increasing number of young learners leaving O’level, the Ministry of Education and Sports has cautioned against enrolling those below 18-years of age into health training institutions. Available information indicates that many students are completing the Uganda Certificate of Education-UCE between 14 and 15 years of age.  After passing English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology,…

Fourteen People still Succumb to Malaria Daily Despite High Bed Net Coverage

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With fourteen to sixteen people still succumbing to malaria every day, the Ministry of Health (MOH) signed a new $40 million worth grant on Friday to popularize malaria prevention strategies in communities where prevalence is still very high. Dr. Jimmy Opigo who heads the Malaria Control programme in the ministry told journalists that unlike before…

Long distances affect access to cancer screening for women in Busoga region

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Women in the Busoga region want screening for both Cervical Cancer and Breast Cancer extended to lower health facilities. They say that the lack of screening services has left many women to die silently without intervention. At Jinja regional Hospital, breast and cervical cancer screening is conducted weekly clinic on Wednesdays. Suspected cancer cases from the…

Digital health equity through Mobile platforms

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A study titled Mobile Health (mHealth) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)  has been published and addresses one of the key issues  that has emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic: digital health equity.  Mobile Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries analyzes the potential and challenges associated with the growing use of ubiquitous mobile phones and the ever- increasing…

Think of Uganda private health sector providers as partners not profit centres – says Kiwanuka

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Uganda private healthcare providers want a mindset shift perception about them from a profit centre to a partner in providing health care.  Speaking to Health Journalists Network members during a boot camp held in Kampala, Grace Kiwanuka Ssali, the Executive Director of Uganda Healthcare Federation (UHF) an umbrella body for private health providers said the private…