Pregnant women in northwest Tanzania who do not give birth in health facilities are being fined between $9 (UShs33, 843) and $22 (UShs82,730), privately-owned newspaper The Citizen reports. The paper says the women are forced to pay the fine when they visit medical centres for other services like vaccination for
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Government has revealed that recent joint operations carried out by Ministry of Health, National Drug Authority, Uganda Police and Health Monitoring Unit have resulted into the impounding of 981 boxes of assorted medical items valued at Shs490.5m of which 165 boxes had medicines intended for public health facilities. The revelation
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A study carried out by experts on sexual and reproductive health from Guttmacher Institute and partners have revealed that in Uganda, sexual and reproductive health services and information fall short for adolescents, noting that a comprehensive approach is essential to improve the well-being of young women. The authors recommend taking
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A study that examined older Americans' well-being before and after medical marijuana laws were passed in their state found reductions in reported pain and increased hours worked. The study, co-written by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Temple University, suggests medical marijuana laws could be improving
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A total of 93 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the last four days in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an average of more than 23 a day, a humanitarian agency has said. A record 27 cases were reported on Monday - more than double the previous record of
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Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) says it needs Shs140bn to keep the city free from garbage. The Authority’s disclosure was made in the 2019/2020 ministerial policy statement for KCCA by the Presidential Affairs Committee in which MPs expressed concerns over the poor sanitation conditions in Kampala Capital City after taking
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Do you sit for long hours? Are you regularly on the road driving? Do you lack time to exercise regularly? Do you have back pain? The automatic massage bed at Mystique Massage Clinic in Wandegeya is the answer. According to Dr. Chris Kiggundu, a specialist in bones, the automatic massage
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None of the hospitals in Uganda is accredited to operate as an international facility, according to the Health Ministry. The Ministry notes that many hospitals deliberately refer to themselves as International to attract more clients. Dr. Jackson Amone, the Commissioner Integrated Curative Services, says there is no difference between hospitals
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The Ugandan Government has backtracked and halted the issuing of an investment license to an Israel firm, Together Pharma Limited that had secured land in Kasese to cultivate medical cannabis popularly known as marijuana on a commercial scale, Business Week reports. According to Evelyn Anite, Uganda’s State Minister for Investment,
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The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) "does not constitute a public health emergency of international concern any more, but it still has the potential to spread to neighbouring countries, the World Health Organisation has said. Latest data indicates a total of 1,206 confirmed and
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