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...
Coronavirus: 95 Passengers Quarantined at Kirigime Guest House
Patrick
Besigye Keihwa, the Kabale district LC 5 Chairperson, says government
promised to meet the costs of quarantining the travelers at Kirigime
guest house...
Minimize Use of Public Transport- Museveni
While
addressing the nation on Sunday, President Museveni urged people who do
not own personal vehicles or motorcycles to desist from travelling.
President Museveni...
Divided Opinion over Museveni’s Ban on Muslim Congregational Prayers
Another
Imam at a mosque in Kawempe who preferred anonymity wondered why the
government was going into ‘overdrive’ to announce sweeping measures even
before...
Moroto Regional Referral Hospital to Set Up Coronavirus Isolation Centre
The
recommendation comes after the World Health Organization-WHO officer
for Karamoja Field Office Dr Ken Kabali completed a training of medical
workers at the...
Corona Virus: Chinese, Ugandan Under Investigation In Luweero
Dr.
Innocent Nkonwa, the Luweero District Health Officer explains that they
dispatched a team to the industrial park after staff intimated that the
Chinese...
COVID -19: Uganda Prison Services Suspends Visits To Inmates
Margret
Orik, the Northern Region Prisons Commander disclosed this to URN an
interview on Thursday. She explained that the top Uganda Prison Services
leadership...
