Senior House Officers (SHOs), also known as senior medical doctors undergoing postgraduate training at regional and national referral hospitals, have announced their intention to resume a strike over non-payment of their remuneration by the government. The doctors had previously gone on strike in March for three weeks due to the same issue. The SHO’s Chief…
Police have blocked medical interns from holding a press conference that will inform the public through the media about their predicament. The medical interns are pushing for deployment by the Ministry of Health. The interns had gathered at Mulago guest house Monday morning, where they had called journalists to discuss the need for deployment to…
Experts are concerned that Uganda may not meet its commitment to defeating HIV as an epidemic by 2030, as children living with the virus struggle to stay on treatment. Michael Byamukama, the Country Director of the Regional Psycho-social Support Initiative (REPSSI), reports that the biggest reason children abandon treatment is lack of food. When…
There are high levels of alcohol use among people living with HIV, affecting their adherence to HIV medications, this is according to researchers at Makerere University School of Public Health. In a study conducted among fishermen operating around Lake Victoria, researchers screened over a thousand fishermen and individuals who closely work with them and found…
The Government of Rwanda, the United Nations Environment Programme, University of Birmingham and fellow project partners will receive £4 million to drive down harmful emissions from outdated air conditioning units, cooling refrigeration and cold supply chains. The funding will be provided this summer as part of Defra’s £21 million Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chain Solutions programme. Announcing…
Activists are asking the Uganda Police to reintroduce enforcement measures that curb drunk-driving. Dr David Kalema, a Consultant at Safer Initiative Uganda, an entity created by the World Health Organisation to find solutions for alcohol-related harms, says the breathalyzers campaign which came to be popularly known as ‘Kawunyemu’ had helped reduce drunk-driving. He explains that…
Members of Parliament have accused the Attorney General of frustrating the Anti-Homosexuality Bill that was unanimously passed by the House last month. It has emerged that the Deputy Attorney General, Jackson Karugaba Kafuuzi, also the Kyaka South County Member of Parliament wrote to the President ‘disassociating’ the Attorney General’s office from the Bill and advised the…
The private sector in East Africa is developing a mechanism that will enable the foods and beverages industry to regulate itself on quality and standards, in the absence of national or regional (EAC) policies. The manufacturers, importers, and distributors are now in the final stages of developing a mechanism that is aimed at enhancing conformity…
Results from a clinical trial published in the Journal of Internal Medicine reveal several health benefits of moderate salt restriction in patients on standard medical treatment for primary aldosteronism. Primary aldosteronism—a condition in which the adrenal glands make too much of the hormone aldosterone—is a common cause of secondary hypertension. The combination of aldosterone excess and…
Women’s bodies must not be held captive to government policies or “alarmist narratives” concerning population growth, the UN Sexual and Reproductive Agency (UNFPA) said in the latest edition of the State of World Population report published this morning. The agency observes that while reaching the milestone of eight billion people on Earth was a…