Results from a baseline study conducted among cancer patients receiving treatment at Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) show a link between cancer and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) which triggers a set of conditions that affect the heart and blood vessels such as stroke and coronary heart disease. The 15-months study titled ‘Detecting Subclinical Anthracycline Related Cardiac Dysfunction…
Kitgum District has run out of COVID-19 vaccines. The district received 1,571 doses of the Chinese vaccine Sinovac early this month. This was in addition to 1,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine that had been supplied by the Ministry of Health in August. The acting Kitgum District Health Officer, Dr. Henry Okello Otto told…
By Dr. Sabrina Kitaka I have had the opportunity to interact with hundreds of parents throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. One of their most common questions has been, “Doctor, do you think my baby could have COVID-19?” During the most recent wave, children are affected by COVID-19 in roughly equal numbers as adults. However, infected children…
At least 26 cases of grade two leprosy disease have been reported in the Acholi Sub Region. Statistics from the Acholi Sub Regional Leprosy coordinator, Jimmy Komakech show that 26 new cases of severe leprosy have been reported with five cases reported in Gulu district. Kitgum, Lamwo and Nwoya have four cases each. The other…
Health workers in the Acholi Sub Region have asked parents to support pregnant teenage girls to attend all cycles of antenatal care to avoid deaths and birth complications. According to records obtained from the different health facilities across the region; 2,006 maternal deaths were registered from June last year to August this year. The…
Churches reopened on Sunday after almost four months of closure, with a call to Christians to embrace the vaccination. On Wednesday, President Museveni reopened places of worship with only 200 congregants observing all the Standard Operating Procedures- SOPs. The places of worship were closed in June following a surge in the number of covid-19 cases.…
More than 7,000 underage girls have been impregnated in the six districts of the Kigezi region during the Covid-19 lockdown. In Kabale district, 2,628 girls were impregnated between March 2020 and July 2021. Pamela Kembabazi, the Rukiga District Senior Probation, and Welfare Officer says that 71 cases were recorded from July 2020 to July 2021. Kembabazi…
The strain of busy modern lifestyles and the ever-declining public healthcare system is leading to a rise in the demand for Home Care Nursing. Private nursing services offer holistic healthcare to terminally ill and elderly people in their homes. They also provide care services within hospitals to individuals who can pay for professional individualized cared.…
On September 3, 2021, Kasese district was plunged into shock when a young lady, Brenda Biira, died after a self-induced abortion went awry. Biira was formerly married but then separated with the first husband following a misunderstanding. Eventually, she fell in love with a primary school teacher, Deus Bitswatswa, who impregnated Birra while she was…
Uganda has received an additional 655,053 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. 501,153 doses were donated by the French government while the 153,900 doses were from Belgium. Rudi Veestraeten, the Ambassador of Belgium to Uganda, says that this is part of the 350,000 doses the country has donated to Uganda, with the remaining half…