The Ministry of Health has delivered three solar-powered refrigerators to Kitgum District, a move aimed at strengthening healthcare services, particularly for children. Dr. Henry Okello Otto, Kitgum District Health Officer, confirmed that the refrigerators will be installed at Loborom Health Center III in Labongo Layamo Sub-county, Omiya Anyima Health Center III, and Akilok Health Center…
Rays of Hope Hospice Jinja (RHHJ) has launched a campaign to raise Shs 150 million through this year’s Women’s Cancer Run, aimed at promoting cancer awareness, prevention, and management among women. The event, themed “Fight Women’s Cancer Because Every Woman Matters,” is scheduled for October 25, 2025. According to RHHJ Executive Director, Sylvia Nakami, the…
A new initiative has been unveiled to ensure that children with cancer living in low and middle-income countries have uninterrupted access to affordable, safe and effective medicines. The Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines, launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the United States, offers an…
Results from a baseline study conducted among cancer patients receiving treatment at Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) show a link between cancer and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) which triggers a set of conditions that affect the heart and blood vessels such as stroke and coronary heart disease. The 15-months study titled ‘Detecting Subclinical Anthracycline Related Cardiac Dysfunction…
Doctors treating cancer patients at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) have expressed concern over the high number of patients using herbal medicine concurrently with their prescribed conventional medicine or chemotherapy. The doctors who were sharing experiences in how to efficiently handle the different kinds of patients noted that many…
CanStaging⁺, a user-friendly tool aimed at facilitating the recording of comparable cancer staging data worldwide, has been launched. The tool has been developed by researchers from Queen’s University Belfast, the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry (NICR), the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). CanStaging+ will facilitate the recording…
We try to explore the cause of cancerous tissue in our bodies