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Ministry of Health
4 July 2023, 10:34 am
Gudie Leisure Farm Opens a Laboratory for Malaria control Research
Byamukama Alozious, Byamukamaalozious1993@gmail.com In efforts to control mosquito and malaria burden, Gudie Leisure Farm under its program of Gudie Health Plan has opened up a Laboratory to conduct more research on malarial control and prevention Prof. Basaza Robert who heads…
15 June 2023, 1:07 pm
Health specialists warn public on MDR- TB
Byamukama Alozious; byamukamaalozious1993@gmail.com As the fight against Tuberculosis continues in Uganda, Health specialists have called on the public to stay watchful not to get Multi-Drug Resistance and Drug Sensitive TB as it is existing in Some TB patients. While Meeting…
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…
14 April 2023, 9:43 am
HIV, Hepatitis and TB patients and Health activists blame G-lead Company for pha…
Byamukama Alozious > byamukamaalazious1993@gmail.com Civil Society Organizations and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Uganda Cares have condemned the greedy practices of Gilead Sciences, a one of the largest biopharmaceutical companies in the world which activists claim that are putting life-saving…
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…
23 February 2023, 2:58 pm
Post covid19 effect continues to trigger Mental illnesses in Uganda
Byamukama Alozious> Byamukamaalozious1993@gmail.com More effects of covid19 continue to emerge in Uganda as Mental illness top. Many of the people who suffered covid19 and those that suffered its consequences have gone through mental health challenges in Uganda At a Media…
18 February 2023, 3:51 pm
Senior House Officers lay down work tools over delayed allowance pay
Byamukama Alozious > byamukamaalozious1993@gmail.com Senior House Officers who are undergoing Postgraduate work-study training to become specialists in various specialties of medicine have laid down tools over delayed pay from Government since august 2022. According to Senior House Officers (SHOs) say…
16 January 2023, 12:22 pm
Traffic accidents can be prevented – medical doctors call for action
Byamukama Alozious byamukamaalozious1993@gmail.com Uganda Medical Association has called for action on endless accidents in Uganda which have claimed many lives while others remain with permanent physical effects such as cutting of legs, deep head injuries and trauma and excessive expenditures…
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!…