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 […]
The Ministry of Health is to start the countrywide in door spraying of DDT in July 2010 as the government of Uganda goes ahead with the controversal decision to spray the dangerous chemical to kill equally dangerous anophlese mosquitoes which cause malaria, the leading killer disease in Uganda. The ministry says the spraying of DDT is aimed […]
A new UN backed report has underscored the need to invest more in agriculture and energy if countries and the world in general is to achieve sustainable dev elopement in the 21st century. With current production and consumption of fossil fuels and food draining freshwater supplies, triggering losses of forests and other ecosystems and raising […]
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PRESS RELEASE 2 June 2010 For Immediate Release Contact: Alex Rafalowicz + 49 1525 991 8665 $20 Per Year Will Not Solve Climate Change People’s Voices Must be Heard in Climate Negotiations BONN – Today, Ambassador Pablo Solon of the Plurinational State of Bolivia highlighted Bolivia’s concern over current UN climate negotiations. The Ambassador […]
The Uganda Woman Member of Parliament for APAC district in Northern Uganda, Betty Amongi has called upon the various cultural institutions in Uganda to step up their efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Betty Amongi told Members of parliament in Kampala that it is not just enough for cultural institutions to streamline prevention of HIV/AIDS in […]
Makerere University Department of Public Health Don Dr. Elizeus Rutebemberwa has revealed that by 2025 Uganda’s economy will be reduced by up to 39 percent due to the increased prevalence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Uganda. HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in Uganda have stagnated causing worries among the various stakeholders especially the civil society, the government and donors. Dr. Rutebemberwa […]
The representative of the Parliament of Uganda in Parliamentarians Take Action for Maternal and Newborn Health organisation, Hon. Sylvia Sinabulya has said that only 42 percent of women in Uganda get the assistance of skilled health workers during delivery of babies. Sinabulya who is also the Member of parliament for Mityana district told the Parliamentary […]