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A new Makerere University School of Public Health study has revealed that the majority of adult Ugandans lack adequate fertility awareness, affecting their decisions on family planning choices. Dr Simon Peter Kibira offered further insights of the survey conducted within Buyende, Mbale and Mukono districts on male and female participants ranging between 15-49 years. Results…
The first ever clinical trial on neonatal sepsis has got underway in three public hospitals in Kenya and South Africa. The NeoSep1 trial will evaluate new combinations of existing antibiotics and compare them to treatment regimens that are currently used in newborn babies with suspected neonatal sepsis. This is vital in the face of rising resistance…
Food rights activist David Kabanda has threatened to take the government to court over its failure to solve the problem of food insecurity. Kabanda, the Executive Director of the NGO Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT), said that he is compiling evidence and will soon challenge the issue of continued food contamination in…
The Ministry of Health has confirmed that there is an ongoing wave of a viral influenza or flu illness circulating within the population.Refuting claims made on social media and several media reports that people are being hospitalized with a strange flu-like illness. Dr Henry Mwebesa the Director General of Health Services said in a statement…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched its first-ever comprehensive framework on reducing anemia calling on countries to accelerate action to halve anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age by 2025. Anemia remains a serious global public health problem, affecting 571 million women and 269 million young children worldwide, according to data from the organization. The complication, which is…
The Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) has sounded an alarm over the increasing number of people battling hypertension saying this is putting a strain on health facilities. Speaking at a media session held on Friday ahead of the World Hypertension Day to be marked next week, Dr James Kayima, a Consultant Cardiologist at the Institute says…
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee-Central Government has noted a possibility of the tax payer losing 1.59 billion Shillings in unutilized COVID-19 equipment purchased by the disbanded Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. The equipment identified as the Dr Oligo DNA Synthesizer Machine was procured for a scientist from M/S Micro Haem Scientific and Medical Supplies Limited,…
The State House Health Monitoring Unit is conducting an investigation into Kamwenge district, following public complaints of ineffective service delivery in local health facilities. 700 million Shillings worth of drugs – including anti-malarials, quinine and ARVs – have been found to be past their expiration date. Team leader Dr. Brian Alinaitwe has accused District Health…
Cabinet has given its approval for the proposed amendments to the National Drug Policy and Authority Act, authorizing the creation of a new entity responsible for regulating agricultural and veterinary health inputs. The current framework falls under the purview of the National Drug Authority (NDA), prompting a Ministry of Health request to restructure these measures.…
In Uganda, doctors categorized as medical officers, special grade or Associate consultants are still earning a basic salary as an entry-level doctor of UGX 5.4 million or ($1,440 USD) per month while senior consultants who own the same qualifications earn double that with UGX 10.8 million ($2,880) a month. These specialised doctors told a press…