Health

African Commonwealth offers postgraduate scholarships in UK

African Commonwealth Scholarships: African Commonwealth Scholarships are available from the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission for study at London South Bank University in UK. The number of scholarships vary from year to year. Currently, scholarships are being offered for: MSc Development Studies; MSc Civil Engineering & Structural Design; MSc Health Services & Hospital Management; LLM Law programmes; […]

Scholarships for African Nationals in University collage London

African Graduate Scholarships: The University College London offers The African Graduate Scholarships to African Nationals and Permanent residents. The scholarships exist to support African nationals with a high-quality academic and professional background who wish to further develop their skills and knowledge in their specific field. Scholarship Eligibility: The candidate must be an African national and […]

‘Obama is in Uganda’

The Executive Director of the United States of America and President Barack Obama’s Global Health Initiative chief, Lois Quam has arrived in Uganda on Monday. Lois Quam is in Uganda for a one week visit to support Uganda’s Ministry of Health’s effort to reduce maternal deaths by at least 50% in four western districts of […]

Men increasingly refusing to wear condoms with non permanent partners

A new report from the ministry of health has indicated that HIV/AIDS prevalence is on the increases among the people between 15-49 years of age. The report that was launched by the Uganda AIDS Commissions in Kampala shows that the increasing infections is due to the men who do not like to use protective measures […]

Fellowships in public Health &Tropical Medicine for low and middle income countries

Fellowships in Public Health & Tropical Medicine support outstanding researchers from low- and middle–income countries to establish themselves as leading investigators at an academic institution in a low- and middle–income country location. Research projects should be aimed at understanding and controlling diseases (either human or animal) of relevance to local, national or global health. Fellowship […]

Common wealthy grants Scholarships for veterinary Epidemiology to students from Kenya.

MSc in Veterinary Epidemiology & Public Health Scholarships:Commonwealth Scholarships are available for scholars from Kenya to study the MSc in Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health bydistance learning. These scholarships are fully funded and are open to candidates who are nationals of Kenya, living in Kenya. The funding includes full tuition fees and travel grants to […]

Fred Maiso died of high blood pressure and cancer, family members told mourners

Many music lovers in Uganda since yesterday have been mourning the death of the love ballad singer Fred Maiso. Maiso, the singer behind Oli Kimuli Kya Rosa, died yesterday morning at Mirembe Health Centre, in Kampala. John Maiso, the brother to the deceased has told mourners in Kampala that Maiso died of high blood pressure, […]

Ministry of Health to uplift health centres run by soldiers

There is a grand programme by the ministry of health to evaluate health centres and clinics run by the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces across the country with the purpose of uplifting them to hospital status. The Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Aronda Nyakairima has told journalists that health centres run by the army will be […]

Daily monitor staff set for pay rise

The staff at the Daily monitor is all smiles after the management of the nation group of companies accepted to increase their salaries and allowances soon. The journalists at the Daily monitor, we are told have been the least paid media practitioners inUganda. We have been told that of recent there has been staff exodus […]

US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns to visit Uganda, other African countries

The United States Deputy Secretary of State, William Burns will lead a high-level United States Government delegation to Africa from January 26-30. A statement from the US State Department says that Burns is expected in Ethiopia to attend the 18th African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on January 29 and 30. The Deputy Secretary […]