Tag Archives: health

By Flavia Nassaka Experts say your oral health affects the condition of your heart From our science classes in primary school, we are fully aware that for good oral health, one has to brush their teeth every after a meal. This seems impractical to many, especially for people who eat …

By Flavia Nassaka Critics wary of corruption and say Uganda lacks the physical infrastructure to support scheme Thirteen years after it hatched plans to launch a compulsory public Social Health Insurance (SHI) scheme, Uganda appears set to launch it this year. Dr. Asuman Lukwago, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry …

By Flavia Nassaka Two months to MDGs deadline, Uganda trails world on indicators On a daily basis, over 18000 children die according to the United Nations Children’s Agency. Some of the children die at delivery whereas others die before attaining the age of five. Similarly, the World Health Organisation estimates …

By Flavia Nassaka The Medical Research Council (MRC), a body under the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), is this year marking 25 years of operations in Uganda. Prof. Pontiano Kaleebu, the director, spoke to Flavia Nassaka about the current state of medical / health research in the country. Briefly, what …

By Nicole Namubiru. Ugandans put on alert as deadly virus hits neighbouring DR Congo An African proverb says, ‘when a person who has ever been bitten by a snake sees a lizard, he will flee from it.’ So when a suspected Ebola victim caused panic at Entebbe International Airport a …

By Prabhjot Singh Ensuring that people seek care for other ailments amidst fear of clinicians is a challenge In Sub-Saharan Africa, any child with a fever should receive immediate medical care to prevent death from malaria or pneumonia. But, as panic about the spread of Ebola grips Liberia – as …

By Morris DC Komakech Despite the increase in global wealth, global inequalities have also expanded We have reached that phase of life where our imagination of foreign cultures, traditions, and certain practices should have changed for good. The technological boom in the last two decades has fused the world, bringing …

By Ronald Musoke Two years ago the Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) filed a petition in the Constitutional Court seeking to secure a declaration that non-provision of essential maternal health commodities in government health facilities leading to the deaths of thousands of  expectant mothers is an infringement …

By Ronald Musoke Will it work where most of the community thinks pregnancy room is a woman only issue? When Janet Aloyo and her newborn baby died in the corridors of Gulu Regional Referral Hospital in northern Uganda on July 31, health workers were blamed for failing to attend to …

By Ronald Musoke The Ministry of Health has today, Feb.26, come out to clarify recent media reports that all people seeking treatment from public health facilities across the country will be required to undergo mandatory HIV testing first. According to a statement from the health ministry that was signed by …