Health

The World Health Organization says Africa has the highest rate of people dying by suicide in the world. In a statement , the agency said Africa is home to six of the 10 countries with...

Researchers in Uganda say the Ebola virus circulating in the country has mutated. Prof Pontiano Kaleebu of the Uganda Virus Research Institute says there is however no evidence that it is any more transmissible that...

Kitgum district has registered high Tuberculosis-TB cases following the mandatory screening exercise that started in May 2021. Churchill Opira, the Kitgum District TB Supervisor, says that they have made it compulsory for all patients with...

St Francis Naggalama hospital in Mukono district has acquired a shs2.7 billion CT scan machine that will be  used to examine complications in head, chest, abdomen, limbs and spine at the hospital. On Monday, the...

Minister for Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero joined fellow African health ministers to adopt a new eight-year strategy to transform health security and emergency response on the continent at the 72nd session of the...

In a long running campaign under the theme, Every Mother count, Stanbic Bank and MTN Uganda, have today donated various items to Kawempe National Referral Hospital in support of the government’s efforts to improve maternal...

PureBorn, an organic nappies, pants and wipes brand has today unveiled their brand ambassadors in Uganda. The premium brand which was launched in Uganda on 8th May, 2022 will have the carefully selected ambassadors share...

Mulago National Referral Hospital has carried out it’s first spine surgery using laser technology which it says is cost-saving and comes with less complications. The operation was done on a male patient. Initially, the hospital...

Government has proposed value added tax (VAT) exemption on medical oxygen. This is under the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2022 that is currently before parliament’s finance committee for scrutiny. “Clause 4 seeks to amend...

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...