Tag Archives: health

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Canada has launched four health projects aimed at improving the health and rights of women and girls in Uganda. Run under Global Affairs Canada (GAC), the projects were launched at the Sheraton Hotel Kampala today at an event officiated by the Commissioner Reproductive …

💊 The discovery of aspirin drew on traditional medicine formulations using the bark of the willow tree 💊 The contraceptive pill was developed from the roots of wild yam plants 💊 Child cancer treatments have been based on the rosy periwinkle Delhi, India | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to release sh3.024 billion to facilitate research on the use of Ivermectin prophylaxis in the treatment of COVID-19 infection. Last year, the President tasked the Uganda People’s Defense Forces – UPDF …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health practitioners under their umbrella body Uganda Medical Association-UMA, have tasked the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah to champion legislation to improve the healthcare system in the country upon his recovery. Oulanyah is currently hospitalized in Seattle in the United States of America where he …

Kampala, Uganda | Isaac Khisa | Ugandan government has more than doubled the health sector budget since the Financial Year 2015/16 but it still remains inadequate, according to preliminary findings in a study carried out by a civil society organisation, Uganda Debt Network. The study set to be released next month …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan parliament need to enact a comprehensive law on pandemics to guide on emergency accountability and reporting mechanisms to prevent haphazard expenditure. Christine Byiringiro, program manager at Uganda Debt Network said the loopholes manifested during the COVID-19 procurement related process such as full payment for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makerere University Admissions Committee has enrolled 26 out of the 33 students from Biomedical Sciences who appealed for consideration. For about five years, applicants for this course have been struggling to get enrolled. The 26 appealed to the admissions committee to effect a 2018 …

Wakiso, Uganda | Xinhua |  For Betty Kyabajje, 28 years old, fetching water is an everyday struggle. Like in many African families, women are in charge of finding water, a resource their families need to survive — for drinking, cooking, sanitation, and hygiene. Kyabajje, who lives in Bukasa, a slum …

  Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in Arua City have arrested three staff of Arua Regional Referral Hospital over alleged theft of digital x-ray machine components. The West Nile Region Police Spokesperson Josephine Angucia identified the suspects as Billington Abila, a radiographer, Alex Okello, and Benard Olul …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health says only 10% of Health Center IVs in Uganda can offer blood transfusion services. Although Health Center IVs are supposed to conduct surgeries such as the caesarian section births in addition to treating conditions such as malaria which sometimes requires …