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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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Evelyn Lagu rushed back to hospital in very critical condition

Kampala, Uganda| Singer and actress Evelyn Lagu has been re-admitted at Kiruddu hospital after her illness worsened. It is said that Lagu has been at...

Former US President Barack Hussein Obama losses close relative.

Mama Hawa Obama, the late Barrack Obama Snr’s (former US President Barack Obama’s father) sister, has died. Her son Razick Amuna confirmed her death...

Buyende GISO collapses, dies during military training in Iganga.

Moses Kisige Ewaku, the Gombolola internal security officer (GISO) of Nkondo sub-county in Buyende district, has been confirmed dead after collapsing during a field...

Ministry Of Health Official On Spot As Doctors Die Recklessly Due To Lack Of PPEs, Sanitizers

The Ministry of Health together with the National Drug Authority (NDA) have come under the spotlight following the increasing number of health workers dying...

Health Minister ‘Acheng’ Under Fire Over Delayed Rollout Of Mental Health Law

Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Acheng has come under fire over delay in rolling out the Mental Health Act, 2019 despite the assent of...

Patients stranded as Mukono hospital medics strike over PPEs

Over 200 patients are stranded at Mukono general hospital following a strike by health workers over poor working conditions and delayed salaries.  The health...

Trump to spend ‘next few days’ in hospital after getting experimental drug

US President Donald Trump will spend the coming days in a military hospital just outside Washington to undergo treatment for Covid-19 after he received...

Namubiru’s journey of battling leukemia

Annet Victoria Namubiru had never imagined that she would suffer from cancer. It all started with body weakness and she hoped she would get better....

Private hospitals turn away pneumonic patients

As the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus continues to rise, private hospitals and health facilities are facing allegations of turning away patients...

Government admits mistakes in Covid-19 results

The Health ministry has admitted lapses in Covid-19 test results and have now developed strategies to address the rising cases of inconsistencies in results...

Kyotera, Rakai neonatal care units save over 1,000 babies

Kyotera and Rakai’s first ever neonatal intensive care units have saved up to 1,000 babies in less than two years, Daily Monitor has established. The...

Government to reopen institutions for final year medical

The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) said yesterday that universities and tertiary institutions teaching health courses will reopen this month for only final-year...