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15 July 2024, 3:46 pm
Child abuse, psychological torture reported in Wakiso district
By Robina Nanfuka & Byamukama Alozious A disturbing case of child abuse and psychological torture has surfaced in Muguluka village, Kidandali, Hoima Road, Wakiso District, Namayumba Subcounty. 10-year-old Jane, a Primary 5 student at St. Edward Primary School, has been…
5 October 2023, 2:41 pm
Health experts want Media interventions on child immunization to maintain child…
Byamukama Alozious In 1962, Uganda established a comprehensive immunization program where high routine immunization coverage of infants especially for polio and Tuberculosis TB to improve child survival and health amidst misinterpretation, misinformation and lots of myths. The program registered some…
24 August 2023, 4:04 pm
4.1% of Uganda’s population live with Hepatitis
Byamukama Alozious Ministry of Health says most Ugandans have not yet embraced hepatitis diagnosis and yet the burden continues to rise. In 2015 Ministry of Health screened 5,750,000 of whom 360,000 were positive and were put to vaccination. World Health…
18 April 2023, 2:01 pm
Karamoja, West Nile and Bukedia still a hub for malaria
By Byamukama Alozious > byamukamaalozious1993@gmail.com The Ministry of Health has put efforts to cub malaria in Uganda by prioritizing the most regions with high cases and those that are on risk. Through this effort journalists have been sensitized on how…
16 March 2023, 2:10 pm
Uganda losses 30 people to Tuberculosis (TB) every day
Byamukama Alozious>Byamukamaalozious1993@gmail.com Ministry of health has revealed that at least 30 people die every day to Tuberculosis (TB) amongst whom are men as compared to women. Tuberculosis is an infectious disease transmitted through the air from a person with it…
2 March 2023, 11:01 pm
Learners in higher institutions get new method to test HIV
By Byamukama Alozious Ministry of Health has launchd a new programme named Check Now HIV Self-test targeting youths in higher learning institutions to enable them to test for HIV more conveniently. The self-test kit has been made by Abbott Organization and…
21 December 2022, 7:09 pm
The Ordeal of Accessing Sexual Reproductive Health services by Women Living with…
By Kabali Paul Women are a marginalized group in Uganda and when you’re a woman with disability it is even worse because you become double marginalized by the system and society. Sexual reproductive health and rights are universal human rights!…