The World Health Organization (WHO) released a new Global Breast Cancer Initiative Framework on Friday providing a roadmap to attain the target to save 2.5 million lives from breast cancer by 2040. The new Framework launched ahead of the World Cancer Day campaign recommends that countries implement the three pillars of health promotion for early…
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has asked providers in the private sector to periodically do a self-audit to see whether their performance is up to standard. In a circular sent out to hospital directors and in-charges across the country on Thursday, Dr Henry Mwebesa the Director General of Health Services said all health facilities irrespective…
The Ministry of Health will this year add the vaginal ring and injectable anti-retroviral therapy cabotegravir to the list of options for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV-negative individuals who are at high risk of infection. Dr. Joshua Musinguzi the AIDS Control Programme Manager at the Ministry of Health told URN in an interview that they are…
Twenty-two-year old Jhalia Nassiwa is one of the 87 survivors of the recent outbreak of Ebola Viral Disease that was declared by the World Health Organization and authorities in Uganda last month. While for many life has returned to normal, treatment centers closed and health workers returned to their pre-outbreak schedules, Nassiwa’s told URN that life has…
Residents of Jinja city on Thursday hailed UPDF’s efforts of cleaning up markets, health facilities and different streets in of commemoration Tarehe Sita (the army day). They say that despite the monthly fee of 5,000 Shillings for collecting the garbage from their doorsteps, the garbage sacks are just dumped along the different streets, which contributes to poor…
The Leader of Opposition – LOP Mathias Mpuuga has vowed to compel Parliament to investigate how the money allocated to the pensions scheme in the country is spent. Mpuuga observes that Uganda’s retirement benefits scheme is one of the most abused public resources that Parliament must investigate to ascertain the prevailing anomalies for appropriate interventions to…
The use of modern contraception is soaring around the world with an estimated 371 million women of reproductive age now using a modern method of family planning, a report by advocacy group Family Planning 2030 (FP2030) has revealed. The reported increase in modern contraception use was reported in low- and lower-middle-income countries. The findings however indicate…
Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) in two of the country’s biggest referral facilities are operating on babies without an eye expert to assess for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), a condition that causes blindness among premature babies. In a new study done by researchers at Makerere University and released on Wednesday, experts found that Retinopathy of Prematurity causes…
Uganda has five million child wives, 1.3 million of whom were married off below fifteen years of age, a UN official has disclosed. Speaking at the launch and dissemination workshop of the second National Strategy to end Child Marriages and Teenage Pregnancies (NSCMTP) in Entebbe, Vedasto Nsanzungwanko, the Chief of the section of Child Protection,…
Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has directed the Committee on Education Committee to expeditiously investigate allegations of homosexuality in schools across the country. Tayebwa issued the directive in his communication to the house during plenary on Tuesday. He pointed out that the country is concerned about the increasing cases of homosexuality and lesbianism in schools that…