Health

Dr. Charles Ayume, Chairperson Parliament’s Health Committee A new report on the magnitude of road traffic injuries reporting to public hospitals in Uganda shows government is spending billions annually on treating road crash victims.   Presented before Parliament by Dr. Charles Ayume, Chairperson Parliament’s Health Committee, during the plenary sitting,

Speaker Anita Among (pictured) has tasked the Ministry of Health to clear salaries of medical interns, in order to end the strike, warning that an industrial strike will likely cripple the health sector amidst the fight against  the deadly ebola epidemic. The Speaker made the call during the plenary sitting in response to media reports

 Grasshoppers are a popular delicacy in Uganda Several people in Fort Portal City are battling stomach complications after consuming grasshoppers. During the months of November and December Uganda receives grasshoppers commonly known as “Nsenene”, a popular delicacy in some parts of Uganda. Grasshoppers are highly nutritious with 40 percent protein, 43 percent

Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng together with donors during a field tour to Ebola affected Kassanda and Mubende districts on Tuesday The United States Ambassador to Uganda, Natalie E. Brown has defended their decision to provide funding directly to other donors and agencies involved in activities to curtail the further

Government has said that no Ugandan will be forced to take part in the trials of the ebola vaccine, which exercise is slated to start in two weeks. The Minister of Health, Jane Ruth Aceng (pictured) made the remarks while responding to a question posed by John Baptist Nambeshe (Majiya County) who

Rosemary Byanyima, the Acting Executive Director of Mulago Hospital Mulago National Referral Hospital has revealed that the cost of handling a single case of organ transplant at the hospital will likely cost Shs50M, and this cost doesn’t include the surgery care to be received. The  revelation was made by Rosemary

Ugandans have been warned against exhuming eloba bodies The Ministry of Health has warned Ugandans against exhuming bodies of victims of Ebola after reports emerged that one family exhumed an infected body, further leading to the high spread of the deadly virus, saying such actions can wipe out the entire

Experts have urged male survivors of ebola to adhere to clinical tests after discharge, noting that the ebola virus has been found to stay in semen for over a year, which could lead to the spread of ebola virus to their partners. The call was made by Ivan Kimuli, a

The Ministry of Health has revealed that all contacts to ebola patients will not be allowed to quarantine at home as has been the case for Covid-19 because of the high infection and fatality rates of ebola. The revelation was made by Henry Mwebesa (pictured), Director General Health Services at

There are rising cases of new infections among the population By AbduKhalim Nsanja Uganda’s commitment to achieving the global target of ending the epidemic of HIV/AIDS by 2030 hangs in balance amid rising cases of new infections among the population, experts have anticipated. This comes ahead of a National HIV/AIDS Symposium next