Doctors in Uganda are warning that pneumonia is on increase in children due to uncompleted immunization courses among other predisposing factors. Dr. Sabrina Etaka the Chairperson of doctors specialized in children related diseases says that the disease is increasing because some children born to mothers with HIV/AIDS receive prevention of mother to child transmission of […]
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has expressed their plans to digitalize all television stations in Uganda by the end of 2011. The Uganda Communications Commission Executive Director Godfrey Mutabazi says that it is an international program to have all televisions digital globally. Technically, Mutabazi says that digital TV broadcast allows efficient utilization of the spectrum […]
Thirteen people have been confirmed dead from hepatitis “B” in Moyo district and 19 other infected under the medical care since the epidemic broke out in the district in July last year. The district disease surveillance officer Simon Muda says the most affected areas are Mayo, Metu, Dufile, Imala and Idula surrounding the river Nile […]
The International Federation’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) has announced funding to the Uganda Red Cross Society to deliver immediate assistance to some 2,135,700 beneficiaries. The DREF is a vital part of the International Federation’s disaster response system and increases the ability of national societies to respond to disasters. The orgnaisation in a statement announced […]
The Ministry of health has appealed to all Ugandans to sleep under insecticide treated mosquito nets to avoid contracting yellow fever which has already killed more than 48 people in several districts of northern Uganda. The ministry in a press statement says people should destroy breeding grounds for mosquitoes like stagnant water and bushes around […]
The In-Charge of Kamuli District main Hospital Maternity Ward Sister Eunice Mbago has expressed concern over the increased unsafe abortions in the district. Mbago says that in the first quarter of this year, 61 young women were admitted at the Hospital with abortion complications followed by 12 more cases in the third quarter of the […]
The Parliamentary Committee on HIV/AIDS and Related Matters has appealed to the government to allocate more funding to HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment in order to enable the country increase its gains against the pandemic. In a statement signed by the Chairperson of the Committee, Beatrice Rwakimari, the MPs said more funds are needed to […]
Men seeking to be circumcised have overwhelmed the free Medical Circumcision clinic in Gulu. The clinic that opened yesterday at Gulu hospital has attracted several males ranging from few months old babies to adult males over forty years old. Ismail Aziz, one of the men who turned up to be circumcised says that he has […]
Uganda has been selected as one of the first three countries to benefit from US President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) that will fund malaria prevention and treatment efforts. A statement from the United States Center for Disease Control says that PMI which is a program under the US Global Health Initiative will help improve efforts against […]
The World Bank launched its Open Data Initiative in April, 2010. This initiative made an array of data sets, including the World Development Indicators, Africa Development Indicators, and Millennium Development Goal Indicators – free for all. The Apps for Development Competition aims to bring together the best ideas from both the software developer and the […]