Health

An Ebola outbreak has been declared in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said Friday, after the virus caused three deaths in the area since April 22, AFP said The WHO said...

Dr Hannington Byarugaba‘s multi-million private independent ambulance service - City Ambulance have Thursday unveiled their new sponsorship to Ugandan rugby as the country seeks to qualify for the 2019 World Cup in Japan. “Uganda can...

The National Medical Stores has vowed not to supply drugs to lower government health facilities in the next financial year if the government does not provide Shs 41 billion as requested. The General Manager NMS...

Uganda, represented by the Permanent Mission in Geneva, is participating in the 27th session of the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review in Geneva. The session will run from 1...

Uganda will tomorrow be joining the rest of the world to mark the International Day of the Midwife 2017 with the national celebrations to be held in Kabarole district with the country still having a huge gap in...

Pretty clear Keith Heart Foundation founder, Monica Agoa Akiiki currently based in the United Kingdom loves the motherland. Short story ... her aims are to continue helping children with heart illnesses and help them access...

An average of 13.3% of Ugandans carry the sickle cell trait and their lives can be saved hospitals were equipped with enough blood, the Sickle Cell Network Uganda says. Sufferers -- around five million worldwide...

The opening of a new waste-water treatment plant will help to clean up Luzira area by cutting raw sewage discharges into it by far, Kampala Capital City Authority Executive Director Jennifer Musisi has said. Ms...

Prostitutes in Uganda exist in a state of constant flux: not always 'good citizens' and surviving, they can be vulnerable, chaotic and seem on the edge of death. Nowhere is this more apparent than in...

For Andrew Kyamagero, a young father, the unfortunate truth that his motherland has high maternal mortality rates, which is often reflective of access to poor health care services breaks his heart every morning. And discussing...