Cancer Treatment centre in Gulu will be renamed after the former speaker of Parliament Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah Local government councils in Northern Uganda have resolved to rename the Northern regional Cancer Treatment centre in Gulu after the former speaker of Parliament Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah. The resolution is one
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As Uganda grapples with high maternal and newborn mortality rates, the Kampala Slum Maternal and Newborn Health (MaNe) implementation research project, tested innovative approaches addressing the demand and supply side barriers affecting care seeking, effective referral and provision of quality care for maternal and newborn health in urban slum settings
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Portrait of the former Speaker Jacob Oulanyah who succumbed to cancer at Parliament's Lobby. The government has signed a contract to procure a Positron Emission Tomography - PET scan to bolster detection and treatment at the Uganda Cancer Institute. The Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng revealed this
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KCCA headquarters in Kampala aka City Hall Harriet Kizza, 56 has been working with Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA since 2011, desilting drainage channels in different parts of the City. She wakes up as early as 5am to prepare for work and by the latest 6am, she's at her station
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A medical officer carrying out tests/Courtesy photo Experts have warned that clinicians could be offering the wrong diagnosis to patients amidst high rates of unexplained bacterial and viral infections that seem not to heal easily. Dr Hakim Sendagire, a Biochemist based at Makerere University Microbiology lab says lately they
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Ongoing renovation works at the Jinja regional referral hospital's Intensive Care Unit-ICU. The Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces (UPDF) Engineering Brigade has started renovating the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital (JRRH). One of the engineers told our reporter on condition of anonymity so as to speak freely on the matter since he
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Uganda remains one of the countries with high maternal, infant mortality rates and nutrition challenges in the world according to the World Health organization. As of 2021, the infant mortality rate for Uganda stood at 42 deaths per 1000 live births above the Sub-Saharan Africa average of 27 per 1000
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A new World Health Organization (WHO) report on understanding mistreatment of women during childbirth shows mothers that show up to deliver with labor companions are less likely to suffer health facility-based mistreatment. The report which combines five studies was published on Wednesday in the BMJ Global Health journal and
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CiplaQCIL exhibiting its innovations Cipla Quality Chemicals Limited (CiplaQCIL) has joined other stakeholders in drug manufacturing, storage, regulation and sales to participate in the East Africa Phartech Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Exhibition. Speaking on the sidelines of the launch of Uganda’s premier international exhibition, which focuses on pharmaceuticals, medical and
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A tin of covilyce herbal medicine. Dr Alice Veronica Lamwaka, the lead researcher and innovator of Covilyce-1, a poly-herbal concoction developed for treating COVID-19 says the support drug also boosts sex drive in humans. Covilyce-1 was developed by scientists led by Dr Lamwaka at Gulu University’s faculty of Biotechnology
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