The advocacy officer, Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation Uganda Pauline Kisembo has appealed to the general public to ensure that children get the required care and treatment because they are the future of the country. In a press statement seen by Ultimate Media, Kisembo says the current HIV/AIDS prevention efforts are targeting married couples […]
The acting Executive Director of Uganda Network of Law Ethics and HIV/AIDS, Dora Musinguzi has appealed to the government not to enact the HIV/AIDS preventive Control Bill 2009, in its current state because, it will lead to more abuse to Ugandan women. The bill which has already been tabled for the first reading in parliament […]
Kitgum Woman MP Beatrice Anywar who is a renowned environment activist in Uganda has expressed support for the government to spray DDT to kill malaria causing anopheles mosquitoes. The government is this July set to start indoor residual spraying of DDT in different parts of the country in an effort Health Minister James Kakooza says […]
The Director General of the Uganda National Health Research Organization Dr. Sam Okware has urged the various religious leaders to mobilize communities against HIV/AIDS. This comes at a moment when the Uganda is focusing on renewed action and commitment after realising that the prevalence rates of HIV/AIDS have stagnated the last seven years and noting […]
The Minister of Primary Health, James Kakooza has promised to adequately account for all the money that his ministry will receive from Global Funds. The Global Fund grants resumed flowing normally in July 2009 after they had been suspended for about four years due to corruption. Kakooza told journalists at the Uganda Media Centre in […]
Skipping meals is not a solution to weight loss according to Louise Serunjogi – a dietician and nutritionist with Uganda Ministry of Health. He says people who skip meals tend to over eat when they get the opportunity to eat food causing more weight gain, which is unhealthy. The Ugandan dietician says, the energy used […]
An official from the East African Center for Constitutional Development, Edrine Wanyama has appealed to the government of Uganda to ban the use of Sugar Molasses used to make Alcohol because, they are poorly processed and are of bad quality. Molasses are sugar bye-products commonly found near sugar processing industries of Kinyara Sugar works in […]
Uganda doctors and other health workers in different parts of the country need to put more efforts in curtailing the spread of HIV/AIDS stigma. Dr Odong Ayella of St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor says although a lot sucess has been scored in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Uganda, many Ugandans do not clearly understand that HIV/AIDS […]
The Uganda police force is set to create a unit that will arrest health workers that steal drugs from government health centers and hospitals. This follows a directive from the Uganda President Museveni in his State of the Nation Address at delivered at Uganda Parliament in Kampala yesterday. President Museveni directed the Uganda Police force […]
Mothers in Uganda have been advised to take serious caution while choosing powders and creams for their babies. Mothers use poweder and different creamsn to smear their babies for good skin and baby body comfort. The president of the Uganda Pediatrics Association, Dr. Sabrina Bakeera says a number of powders applied on babies cause skin […]