According to the Annual Health Accounts (NHA) findings by the ministry of health, the government spends an average of 3,000UGsh on each Ugandan for medical care. The findings were based on the expenditures in the health sector of the financial years 2014/15 and 2015/16. The overall expenditures, with household and contributions from donors were however […]
Local musician Madinah Nambooze commonly known as Hajati Madina the “Bibuuza”singer who was pronounced dead by social media platforms especially whatsapp and Facebook on Monday was diagnosed with a heart complication in Mulago hospital. She needs over 18m for the operation in India. Hajati Madina has been down with a strange but serious disease for […]
A report by Twaweza has found out that only one out of four citizens a representative of 24% of Ugandans have access to piped water. The report, carried out using Sauti Za Wananchi a national mobile-phone survey by Twaweza, states that this is mainly found around urban areas. Releasing the finding based on data collected from 1971 […]
The government of Uganda through State Minister for Health and General Duties, Sarah Opendi, has denied reports of Ebola outbreak in the country. Earlier reports had indicated that there has been an outbreak in Mubende district, located in central Uganda. “We would like to inform the public that there is no Ebola outbreak in Mubende District […]
As the world prepares to commemorate World No Tobacco Day on Thursday, Uganda is striving to fight against the use of the substance which is a source of income to some people and yet a drain to the economy in terms health care. World Health Organization (WHO) in a statement issued on Wedneday May 30, […]
Nakaseke South MP, Luttamaguzi Semakula, has asked the Ministry of Health to intervene in the scarcity of Arvs and septrine at Nakaseke hospital. Luttamaguzi while presenting a matter of national importance noted that more than 600 patients have been affected in the area with the doctors advising them to buy them from the black market. […]
Government has apologized for the delay in releasing the approved funds for treatment and management of nodding disease. The minister of State for Planning, David Bahati made the apology after the MP for Tochi County, Peter Okot, raising the matter on the floor of parliament. Bahati said that the Ministry of Finance is to sign […]
The Ministry of Health sent out a press release informing the general public of a cholera outbreak in parts of Kampala city. Contaminated water and the lack of toilets have been cited as the cause of the outbreak. Press Release – Cholera in Kampala by Emma Laura Kisa on Scribd
Health activists under their body Health Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) have petitioned parliament seeking for its intervention in improving health care in order to save the many mothers who perish in the process of delivery. This happened yesterday during the commemoration of the international maternal health day under a theme: “Rights Based Approach to Maternal […]
29% of women in Kigezi region still prefer to give birth from their homes at the expense of giving birth from health facilities, according to the statistics released today by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics. The statistics released by George Kawage, a senior statistician with Uganda Bureau of Statistics, during the dissemination seminar of findings […]