Amuru District Health officials have halted a mass covid-19 vaccination exercise three days after it was started because of low turn up. The District embarked on the second phase of mass covid-19 vaccination on March 15 with the exercise meant to last for a week. This was after the Health Ministry launched the second phase…
Scientists have asked authorities to ensure municipal garbage dumped at landfills is first treated having found heavy metal concentrations in milk from cows grazed along dumpsites. Researchers based at the Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) have said that they found the presence of heavy metals in plants such as vegetables that are grown…
Uganda has to enact a law against selling blood to encourage donations. The Uganda Blood Transfusion Service (UBTS) wants enactment of a law to stop staff from public and private health facilities from selling blood to the public because it hinders blood collection. Samuel Davis Wante, a Clinical Team Leader at Nakasero Blood Bank explained…
Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to release Shillings 3.024 billion to facilitate research on the use of Ivermectin prophylaxis in the treatment of COVID-19 infection. Ivermectin is approved for human use to treat infections caused by some parasitic worms and head lice and skin conditions like…
A $USD 3 million project to assess the use of digital solutions to pay health workers involved in immunization campaigns has been launched. The project by the Makerere University School of Public Health will over the next three years study the effect of payment of health workers using digital platforms. They will be paid on time…
People with a neck circumference of 35 centimeters and beyond have a higher risk of developing heart disease, experts at the Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) have established in their latest research. Dr. Isaac Senabulya a cardiologist based at the UHI says they conducted a study in which they assessed people living with HIV to…
The Assistant Commissioner in charge of Nutrition in the Ministry of Health, Samalie Namukose has asked Members of Parliament to strengthen laws and policies related to food and nutrition to prevent the risk of Non-Communicable Diseases – NCDs. Namukose made the statement on Monday at the start of a four-day Parliamentary Nutrition week organized by the…
South African Health Products Regulatory Authority’s (SAHPRA) has approved the monthly Dapivirine Vaginal Ring for use by women ages 18 and older to reduce their HIV risk. The Dapivirine Vaginal Ring is a much-needed addition to a proven HIV prevention method mix that also includes male and female condoms, daily oral PrEP, voluntary medical male circumcision…
Spanish journalist Sadurni Carrasco Sumaya ,33, working with Agence France Presse (AFP) has died in a motor accident at Chopelwo valley along Kampala – Gulu highway in Kiryandongo District. She was killed together with her Ugandan driver, Thomas Mugisha in the accident that occurred around 8:30 pm on Monday evening. Faridah Nampiiga, the Public Relations…
Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) officials have alleged failure to take action amidst the increasing cases of torture and human rights violations by security operatives. The Human Rights Committee of parliament blamed UHRC officials who were led by the Chairperson, Mariam Wangandya for presenting a report they said was shallow and non-convincing. The committee was inquiring into…