You have got to give it up for women in Kyotera district. The fertility rate is over the top. At Kakuuto Health Centre IV in Kyotera district baby deliveries are about six per day which now averages 180 deliveries per month. In 2020 the population of Kyotera district was recorded to be 261,000 people. With…
Princess Diana would dislike having her name on a facility in Soroti for its poor management and failure to serve the poor. Patients in Soroti district can’t access medical services from the Princess Diana Memorial HCIV because management has failed to resolve administrative issues with City Authorities. Now they are opting for private facilities…
Residents of Nyamiringa village in Bulongo parish, Sembababule district are baying for the blood of George Musheijja Bakulu, the Nyamiringa LCI chairman. They are angry that he was released by police after he was arrested for aggravated defilement. Bakulu, was arrested on Wednesday last week after being caught red-handed defiling a 15-year-old girl. It is said that…
News from Kyotera District say that a dental clinic at Kakuuto Health Centre IV is under lock and key because the one key staff has retired. Noah Mawaggali, a dentist at the clinic retired four months ago leaving no one to operate the dental clinic. Dr. Alloysious Musoke, the In-charge of Kakuuto HCIV, says that…
So an isolation centre was established at Kakuuto Health Centre IV to receive, treat patients, and to investigate a strange disease. However, the isolation centre has remained vacant for nearly two months due to lack of patients. Why?- Some residents believe it is a spiritual ailment that requires the intervention of traditional healers to cleanse…
Today, the African Union (AU) Commission, UNAIDS and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria join the rest of the world to commemorate World AIDS Day 2021 under the theme “End Inequalities. End AIDS”. This year marks an important milestone as the HIV community reach 40 years since the first reported case of…
Message from WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti On 14 November, the international community commemorates World Diabetes Day to raise awareness of the growing burden of this disease, and strategies to prevent and treat it. The theme this year, and until 2023, is “Access to diabetes care” because too many people still do…
By Richard Nelson, the USAID Mission Director in Uganda I stepped onto Ugandan soil as the new Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in January 2020 — 58 years after the first USAID officer came to Uganda. This week marks USAID’s 60th anniversary: Uganda has been a part of USAID’s journey, just as USAID has been a part of Uganda’s journey since the…
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…
By Esther Nakkazi It is not possible to honor all the health workers, advocates, and media personnel who have died of COVID-19 but telling the story of Dr. Charles Kiggundu and Patrick Luganda may serve as a tribute to them and others. Both Dr. Charles Kiggundu and Patrick Luganda were consultants in their fields, advocates…