A study has found that Ugandan children living near Kiteezi landfill in Kampala are at high risk development and intellectual impairment because of exposure to lead metals. The Kiteezi landfill is known to contain high levels of lead and other heavy metals which are dumped there. The research evaluated 163 children aged four to eight […]
Members of Uganda Parliament have demanded for an explanation from government regarding the cutting down of trees planted during the preparation of the Common Wealth Heads of Government Meeting along Entebbe road. The Shadow Minister for Environment Beatrice Anywar told Parliament that cutting down the trees is a misuse of taxpayers’ money because funds were allocated to plant the […]
The Uganda Parliamentary Committee on Social Services has directed all Uganda districts to purchase at least 70% of their drugs from the government controlled National Medical Stores (NMS) as opposed to buying them from private drug companies. The Member of Parliament for Bunya West, also a member of the committee Aggrey Henry Bagiire told journalists at […]
The Uganda Medicines and health services delivery monitoring unit has today (29th June 2010) discovered 10 ghost health centers in Uganda capital city of Kampala. The director of the unit, Dr. Diana Atwine says the centers have been used to divert medicine meant to be delivered to the government owned hospitals and health centers. Addressing members […]
The new president of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Dr. Unni Karunakara has indicated that the organization will continue to adapt to new realities of humanitarian work to enable better provision of crucial medical assistance to the most in need. Médecins Sans Frontières is an international humanitarian organization which provides medical assistance to people who are […]
A viral infection commonly known as the red eye disease has broken out again in Uganda’s Capital City of Kampala, infecting hundreds of people, especially market traders from Kampala markets of Owino (St. Balikuddembe market), Nakasero market, Kisekka market and Kikuubo trading centre. The disease first broke out in Kampala in May 2010. The Mayor […]
The Uganda Aids Commission has called upon married people to always take their HIV tests together such that they can know their HIV status together. This comes at a time when the prevalence rate of HIV amongst married people is increasingly causing concern amongst various stakeholders in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Uganda. The Chairperson […]
The government of Uganda has been asked to increase its commitment to the fight against non-communicable diseases especially breast cancer. Statistics indicate that 36 out of every 100,000 Ugandans were found with the cancer in 2009, with a current survival rate of 56 cases per 100 patients in developing countries. The chairperson of Uganda women’s cancer […]
Press release –International Institute of Environment and Develop Brazil’s Amazonas state has important lessons for the rest of the nation and other developing countries as they search for green and sustainable economies, says a new report published by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). The report will be launched at the Commonwealth Forestry […]
A study in the South American country of Brazil has found out that a small reduction in forest cover can increases malaria incidences to nearly 50 percent because open spaces and open water pools provide ideal places for mosquito breeding. The study which was conducted among the Brazilian communities in the World’s biggest rainforest of […]