The president for Uganda medical Association Dr. Margaret Mungerera has cautioned doctors against referring patients to their private clinics. Speaking at the Uganda medical association annual scientific conference in Kampala, Mungerera condemned the act of doctors refusing to give medical treatment to patients from government hospitals, instead referring them to their private clinic saying […]
The Ministry of Health together with health supporting donors have declared Uganda Ebola free, following the Ebola outbreak On May 6th 2011 in Luwero district that claimed one life and left many others hospitalized over the disease. Speaking to journalists in Kampala, the minister of state for health in charge of general duties, Dr. Richard Nduhura said although they are […]
Ugandan women have called upon the government leadership to monitor medical male circumcision roll out in the country. Women’s HIV Prevention Tracking (WHIPT) project coordinator, Marion Nakitunda said that Medical male circumcision for women has the potential to be a powerful tool for HIV prevention and added that findings show that there are many concerns […]
In a bid to ensure increased access to medicines, a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer has announced a 50% cut on its major drugs on the market. The company announced on Wednesday that the move is aimed at improving health care in developing countries like Uganda. Gsk East African managing director John Musunga says drugs especially anti-malarial, […]
African countries have been called to do more to get enough blood for its population of 1 billion people. According to doctor john Baptist of the world health organization on the world blood donation day observed on 14th June. Doctor John Baptist says blood donation is very important to save lives of the patients suffering […]
Condoms have been reported to have run out of stock at Katuna boarder post raising fear of increasing HIV/AIDS infections in the busy boarder town. Katuna boarder post has 21 public condom dispensers that are stocked daily for use by truck drivers, residents and commercial sexual workers. Transport workers union, amalgamated transport and general workers […]
The outgoing minister of health Dr Steven Malinga has advised government to recentralize health if health services are to be distributed equally. Malinga made the comment while handing over office to the new minister of health Christine Andoa. He said that decentralized of health created a lot of health systems for every district and enhanced […]
Over 65% of the private health units in Kampala district that have been operating illegally and with unqualified personnel were closed. This was disclosed by the registrar Uganda medical and dental council Dr Katumba Sentongo while addressing journalists at the ministry headquarters. He told reporters that the findings were discovered in an operation conducted by the joint […]
The government will put two modern isolation facilities at Mulago and Entebbe hospitals to handle avian influenza and other deadly and unique diseases like Ebola. The Commissioner for Health Services, Dr. Dennis Lwamafa says that land has been secure and consultancy firms contacted for design work. Lwamafa says that after the installation of […]
African swine fever a viral disease that kills pigs has been reported to have broken out in northern Uganda. 12 sub-counties in Gulu district have so far reportedly to have already been hit by the disease. It was first reported in odeki sub-county in july last year (2010) after killing more than 200 pigs. The […]