Health experts have convened cross boarder regional meeting to discuss ways of eradicating neglected diseases which have continued to affect various communities in Africa despite the availability of medicines to treat the diseases. The meeting which has been convened in Entebbe is focusing mainly on Guinea worm disease, which is still affecting various communities in […]
While some people are enjoying the fall weather, others are suffering from cold and flu as a result of sinusitis . Sinus are caused by a viral, bacterial or fungal infection.children as well as adults suffer from sinusitis annually. Sinusitis can be caused by colds, allergies, problems with your immune system or structural problems […]
The Member of Parliament for Samia Bugwe North in Busia district Julius maganda has demanded government to stock hospitals with drugs as it used to be at the beginning of the Uganda’s independence. Maganda told journalists at parliament that from 1963 to 1973 the hospitals used to be with drugs to cater for all the […]
Uganda has today been officially declared Ebola free, bringing to an end the outbreak that was first reported in Kibaale district in July this year. This followed the completion of the requisite 42 days of post Ebola surveillance period. The World Health Organisation requires that any affected country monitors the Ebola situation for a period […]
Leaders from Bugiri district have started a campaign on personal hygiene in the fight against jiggers. This follows the media reports that put jiggers in the district on the rise in the families more especially among the youth. Bukhooli central Member of Parliament who is also the shadow minister for works Wafula Ogutu says that […]
Public Accounts committee has observed that expired drugs had been used by Gulu hospital to treat patients. The committee chaired by Terego county member of parliament Kassiano Wadri Ezat while meeting officials from Gulu hospital led by the hospital director Dr.Nathan Onyaki noted that Gulu hospital drugs got expired in the financial year 2009/10 due […]
The parliamentary Public Accounts Committee is concerned over the increasing theft and disappearance of Government drugs from the National Medical Stores, which has often been blamed for the shortage of drugs in Hospitals. The Committee chaired by Terego County MP Kassiano Wadri discovered that a lot of drugs disappear on the way calling for an […]
Epilepsy is also called a seizure in the medical language. It is caused by abnormal and excessive electrical activity within a human brain cells. Medical doctors say that epilepsy can lead to sudden change in brain function resulting as a physical convulsion, and altered mental state. The signs, disturbance and symptoms of epilepsy depend […]
Eating a lot of foods before bed time is one of the causes of human weight gain in different parts of the world. Weight against is mainly caused by snacking. Snacking is described as eating too much food without plan. While we snack, we don’t truck our nutrient intake. We get too little protein, as […]
People living with HIV in Uganda and Africa in general are in trouble due to limited access of CD4 machines. And the situation gets worse when some of the few CD4 machines available in some African communities are stolen. For example suspected thugs recently went away with a CD4 machine in Teso sub region […]