Slum-dwellers in Kampala have resorted to mixing tobacco with marijuana, hoping that by so doing, they are avoiding diseases associated with cigarette smoking, according to preliminary findings of a study. The study which was carried out in Bwaise had a total of 422 participants aged between 18 and 30. It shows that 115 of the…
A number of people who have received the first COVID-19 shots can’t tell which vaccines types they were given. Dr. Misaki Wayengera, a member of the COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Committee says health workers have reported that upon turning up for their second jabs, some cannot tell whether they were given AstraZeneca or any other of…
Ninety-six percent of Mbale youths do not know how to use condoms. Speaking during a science cafe organized to train journalists on health reporting this afternoon, Robert Wandwasi , the district Community Development Offcer -CDO disclosed that only 4% of the youths in Mbale know how to use condoms, with vast majority using them wrongly.…
Lawyers and health rights activists are calling upon government to stop COVID-19 vaccine mandates because they are illegal. These are being introduced by several organisations across the country inspite of the vaccine inequity in the country. As a means to stop the spread of COVID-19, some government offices like the ministry of health, the National…
Agago district has registered a total of 1,972 teenage pregnancies within a period of 15 months. Agago District Probation Office records show that the people who visited different health centres to access antenatal services during the last year included 1,339 adolescent girls aged between 12 and 19. Another 633 cases were registered between April and…
The Uganda Prisons Service has said that it has so far vaccinated only 18 percent of its 66,832 inmates across the country. Frank Baine, the Uganda Prisons Spokesperson, said only 2% of the already vaccinated prisoners have received the second dose. Baine explained that their target is to vaccinate at least 50 percent of the…
The Entebbe Deputy Resident District Commissioner Njuki Mbabali is urging all staff and operators of public transport services including those of MV Kalangala to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Njuki says service providers such as taxi drivers, conductors, boda boda motorcyclists and crews for water vessels like MV Kalangala should get vaccinated. “In future, it could…
While women are encouraged to always check their breasts to look out for any possible swelling five to ten days every after their monthly periods, experts at the Uganda Cancer Institute say men should do the same at any time during the month. Dr. Noleb Mugisha, an oncologist who heads screening services says many men…
Health workers have been asked to embrace COVID-19 vaccination to protect themselves against COVID-19 infections. The call was made by health officials during the 19th Dr. Matthew Lukwiya memorial lecture held on Thursday at the Guide University Project in Kampala. Dr Lukyiwa was the former Director of St Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Gulu. He succumbed to…
Mbale Hospital administrators are requesting for a separate ward for fistula patients arguing that mixing fistula patients in the general wards has negatively affected them physiologically. The Fistula Focal Person in the Hospital, Jane Frances Acam said in an interview with Uganda Radio Network – URN that the space for the fistula cases in…