health
Kampala Residents Decry High Cost of Health Care
The Kampala health care cost continues to burden many residents in Uganda’s capital, especially those living in low-income suburbs. As private hospitals grow increasingly...
Nkozi Hospital Seeks Shs 4.9B to Complete Trauma Centre
Nkozi Hospital has issued a fresh appeal to raise Shs 4.9 billion needed to complete its Accident and Trauma Centre. Located along the dangerous...
Uganda Prisons Report Shows 48% Latent TB Rate
A recent report by Makerere University School of Public Health reveals a major health crisis in Uganda’s prisons. Nearly half of all inmates have...
Kamuli Residents Reject Public Toilet Plan in Mayor’s Gardens
The Kamuli Mayor’s gardens toilet dispute has stirred strong opposition from residents of Mpangati cell in Mulamba ward, Kamuli Municipality. They oppose the construction...
Cholera Outbreak in South Africa’s Gauteng Province Claims 10 Lives
The provincial health department in Gauteng, South Africa, has reported a cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, with 19 new cases and 10 deaths recorded. Among...
Ssenyondo Achilles Leads the Charge on Mental Health Awareness in Mukono
In 2022, Ssenyondo Achilles embarked on a groundbreaking campaign that brought the often-overlooked issue of mental health into the limelight in Mukono, Uganda. With...
Thousands of medical interns in fresh strike threat over delayed pay
More than 1,700 medical interns across the country have vowed to lay down tools next month if their allowances are not paid this month.The...
Sacked Covid workers set conditions for resuming work
The Covid-19 frontline health workers, whose contracts were terminated by the Ministry of Health in March, have said they will only return if the...
Gov’t advised to prioritise health IVs over hospitals
The government has been urged to establish more health centre IVs instead of hospitals in districts to handle obstetrics gynecology and children’s cases, which...
Labour export company directors stare at 15 years jail over Ugandan...
The Chief Magistrates Court in Nakawa, Kampala has remanded to Kitalya prison, the directors of Nile Treasure Gate, a labour export company that took...
