Getting Private Health Facilities to Share Data into Disease Surveillance System is a Pain

During the Private Health Sector Convention organized by the Uganda Healthcare Federation (UHF), Dr. Tom Aliti, the Commissioner in charge of partnerships in the Ministry of Health, highlighted some concerning issues regarding private health providers in Uganda. He revealed that although private health providers serve as the first point of care for over 50 percent…

Unclaimed Bodies Draining Moroto Hospital

Moroto Regional Referral Hospital is facing significant challenges in disposing of unclaimed bodies abandoned by relatives. The hospital administrators have decried the financial burden of burying the bodies, as families are neglecting their responsibility to claim their deceased loved ones.  The unclaimed corpses include individuals who have died from gunshot wounds, alcohol abuse, and other…

Ishaka Seventh-day Adventist Hospital Seeks Funding for Modern Maternity Block

Ishaka Seventh-day Adventist Hospital, a faith-based private, not-for-profit institution owned by the Seventh-Day Adventist Church Uganda Union was initially established as a dispensary in 1948 and later became a missionary hospital in 1950 The hospital is seeking Shillings 3 billion to construct a state-of-the-art maternity block. Based in Bushenyi-Ishaka municipality, the hospital serves patients from…

Clerics Weigh in On Surrogacy

As the prevalence of the challenges of infertility rises among men and women, there is a growing trend in Uganda towards Assisted Reproductive Technology. This shift has led to the establishment of numerous fertility clinics in Kampala, offering hope to couples seeking to conceive. Assisted Reproductive Technology involves the fertilization of a woman’s eggs with a man’s sperm…

Sky High: Buliisa district records 417 teenage pregnancies in three months

Health experts in Buliisa have raised concerns about the increasing cases of teenage pregnancies.  Statistics at the district health department indicate that the district recorded 417 cases of teenage pregnancies between January and March this year.  Dr. Alex Afeti, the Buliisa District Health officer-DHO says that of the 1,898 total pregnancies registered at the various…