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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...

Uganda Forms New Tobacco Control Committee to Curb Smoking

The Uganda Tobacco Control Committee has been launched with a clear mission—enforce tobacco laws and reduce smoking. The Ministry of Health reconstituted the committee...

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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...

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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...

Uganda Forms New Tobacco Control Committee to Curb Smoking

The Uganda Tobacco Control Committee has been launched with a clear mission—enforce tobacco laws and reduce smoking. The Ministry of Health reconstituted the committee...
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Enhancing Sanitation and Water Access in Uganda

The Ministry of Water and Environment has significantly enhanced public health by handing over nine new sanitation facilities to Koboko Municipality. This department executed...

Pioneering Energy Security and Economic Growth in Uganda: Legacy of His Highness the Aga Khan IV

His Highness the Aga Khan IV, who passed away in Lisbon, Portugal, at the age of 88, leaves behind a profound legacy across various...

Uganda Launches Locally Manufactured Diagnostic Kits for Malaria, HIV, and Sickle Cell

Uganda has taken a major step towards healthcare independence with the approval and production of locally manufactured diagnostic test kits for malaria, HIV, and...

Uganda Begins Ebola Vaccine Trial as Cases Rise

Uganda has launched a trial vaccination program to combat the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus after an increase in confirmed cases. The World...

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 domestic worker whose kidney was removed in Saudi Arabia

The Chief Magistrates Court in Nakawa, Kampala has remanded to Kitalya prison, the directors  of Nile Treasure Gate, a labour export company that took...

Details Emerge On How Ugandan Nakintu Judith Lost Her Kidney In Saudi Arabia’s Vehicle Accident

Nile Treasure Gate Company Limited, a labour export recruitment firm has refuted allegations of conspiring to traffic Judith Nakintu, 38, to Saudi Arabia...

WHO monitoring New Covid variant ‘IHU’ identified in France

An official with the World Health Organization said a new COVID variant recently detected in France is being monitored but isn’t currently being considered...