The Minister of Uganda for Health, Dr. Stephen Malinga has urged midwives and nurses to observe ethics while performing their duties. He says the midwives, nurses and all medical staff in general are supposed to save peoples lives by oath. The minister says during the graduation ceremony of any medical officer s/he has to solemnly […]
With an 8.9% budget allocation to the health sector, according to the 2010 Africa Health Financing Scorecard, Uganda is ranked 28th out of the 53 countries in Africa. The scorecard is a summary of findings on the 2009/2010 Abuja commitment of African Heads of State and governments to allocate 15% of their domestic budgets to […]
According to the recent study published in the Public Library of Science medical journal, it estimates that in Africa 85% of maternal, newborn and under-age-5 deaths could be prevented if African countries took good interventions to curtail maternal and infant mortality. This means that each year about 4 million of African women, new borns and […]
Postdoctoral Fellow in Tenure Track Functional Genomics, Netherland Post Doctoral Fellowship, Tenure Track Functional Genomics, Netherland Job Description: The Department of Genetics at the University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands, has a vacancy for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the field of functional genomics. The Wijmenga laboratory focuses on the genetics of immune-related diseases such as […]
The Ministry of Health in Uganda has received funds from the Uganda Global fund to supply condoms in a bid to fight HIV/AIDS. The ministry through its procurement agent Crown Agents Uganda Limited has invited sealed bids from eligible bidders for the provision of condoms and related services. The news statement from the ministry says […]
POST : SENIOR AGRICULTURAL INSPECTOR – VIROLOGY REF : HRM 46/70/02 SALARY SCALE : UGANDA GOVERNMENT SCALE U3 AGE : 25 YEARS AND ABOVE Sector Architecture and Engineering – Agricultural Engineering Job Type Permanent Experience 2 to 5 Years Educational Qualification Bachelor’s Degree-Graduate Degree (BA, BSc, BCom) Skills Communication: Speaking effectively Research and Planning: Identifying […]
POST: SENIOR AGRICULTURAL INSPECTOR – VIROLOGY REF : HRM 46/70/02 SALARY SCALE : UGANDA GOVERNMENT SCALE U3 AGE : 25 YEARS AND ABOVE Sector Architecture and Engineering – Agricultural Engineering Job Type Permanent Experience 2 to 5 Years Educational Qualification Bachelor’s Degree-Graduate Degree (BA, BSc, BCom) Skills Communication: Speaking effectively Research and Planning: Identifying problems […]
POST : PRINCIPAL WATER OFFICER (GROUND WATER DEVELOPMENT) REF : HRM 70/73/01 VOL. 11 SALARY SCALE : UGANDA GOVERNMENT SALARY SCALE U2 AGE : 28 YEARS AND ABOVE Experience 5 to 7 Years Educational Qualification Bachelor’s Degree-Graduate Degree (BA, BSc, BCom) Skills Communication: Speaking effectively Organization, Management and Leadership: Coordinating tasks Work Survival: Meeting goals […]
One of Africa’s most celebrated singers Yvonne Chaka Chaka will be in Uganda to join the rest of Africa in calling out to the African Leaders to commit to the pledges they made under the Abuja declaration in which African countries committed to have at least 15% of their national budgets committed to the health […]
Save the Children in Uganda an international child rights Non Governmental Organization has that the greatest decline in levels of maternal mortality around Africa occurred in countries with a high political commitment towards the fight against maternal mortality. Some of the countries that registered a remarkable improvement in reducing the rates of maternal mortality include […]