Rosemary Byanyima, the Executive Director of Mulago National Referral Hospital Mulago Hospital is set to expand its organ transplant services by embarking on liver transplant in April 2025. Rosemary Byanyima, the Executive Director of Mulago National Referral Hospital made the revelation while appearing before Parliament’s Health Committee where she was
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The Director of Hoima Regional Referral Hospital, Dr. Ibrahim Bwaga has informed Parliament that within a year, 57 women died during labour with 45 of these women dying within 30minutes after arriving at the hospital due to the long distances they walk to access maternal services. He made the revelation
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Dr. Ruth Aceng , Minister of Health The Minister of Health, Dr. Ruth Aceng has defended the need for Government’s proposal to borrow US$18.09Million (UGX65,923,578,000) from the African Development Fund to finance the expansion and equipping Uganda Cancer Institute saying this will improve cancer care in Uganda and help reduce
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Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the Minister for Health One of the commitments of the NRM government in its manifesto 2021-2026 was that every sub-county would have a functional Health Centre Ill with qualified staff, a well-equipped maternity ward, increased access to family planning services, antenatal care, basic obstetric care services
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Dr. Shamim Nabuuma, Founder of Chil Group Chil Group, a leader in health and hygiene innovation, has announced a new partnership with Reckitt, the company behind trusted brands; Dettol, Harpic, JIK and many others. Chil Group’s collaboration with Reckitt began in 2023 when Reckitt through its WINFUND program which it co- founded with
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Experts have called for increased funding to end malaria related deaths especially among children and pregnant mothers. The call was led by Jane Irene Nabakooza, Senior Medical Officer and Technical Lead for Malaria Chemo-prevention and Vaccines at the Ministry of Health, during a Press Briefing held at Parliament, ahead of the
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The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Monica Musenero (pictured) has revealed that Dei Bio Pharma company, is set to start exporting drugs outside Uganda at the end of this year after receiving approvals from National Drug Authority. Government has so far injected over Shs723Bn taxpayers money into the
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Dr. Herbert Luswata, the President of the Uganda Medical Association Healthcare providers have expressed concern over a move by the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to start taxing consultants and medical specialists who are part-time in private hospitals as full-time employees. In a notice seen by our reporter, the tax body asks
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Activists attending the ongoing International AIDS Conference in Munich Germany have asked the manufacturer of injection Lenacapavir (LEN) which was recently proven to be safe and highly effective at preventing HIV to reduce its prices to make it affordable for all. The drug which is manufactured by a US Company
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Global childhood immunization coverage stalled in 2023, leaving 2.7 million additional children un and under-vaccinated compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, according to data published on Monday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. The latest WHO and UNICEF estimates of national immunization coverage (WUENIC) which provide the world’s
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