Health

A group picture of representatives from Mengo Hospital and Rotary Kampala South Mengo Hospital, in collaboration with Rotary Kampala South, hosted a fundraising breakfast today, March 11, 2025, to generate support for the Mengo Hospital Dialysis Unit. The fundraiser aimed to enhance the unit’s capacity and ensure that life-saving dialysis

Following the suspension of all foreign aid from  the United States of America by President Donald Trump, the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) has been thrown in disarray prompting calls to Parliament to ensure  Shs300Bn is availed to the Commission if Uganda is to reverse the looming crisis that awaits the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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