Health

Health minister Christine Ondoa to walk down the aisle

After Education Minister, Jessica Alupo walked down the aisle, it looks another minister is about to do so.  Health minister, Christine Andoa is now on the menu to make a wedding in a period less than a year since Alupo made hers.  Christine Andoa we are told she is preparing to walk down the aisle […]

Uganda National Examination Board releases 2011 PLE examination results

The Uganda National Examinations Board has released the 2011 Primary leaving Examinations results indicating a slight decline in performance compared to 2010. The Secretary of UNEB Mathew Bukenya this afternoon handed over the results this afternoon to the Minister of Education and Sports, Jessica Alupo. According to the results, 86.4% of the pupils passed compared […]

Mike Mukula donates ambulance

    It seems former state minister for health; Mike Mukula is getting ready to contest for president. On Saturday Mukula in Soroti Municipality where he is also the area MP donated a brand new ambulance worth over 80 million Uganda shillings to prince Diana Hospital in Madera village in Soroti district. We are told […]

Brig. Henry Tumukunde excites stanbic bank workers

Brig. Henry Tumukunde these days he is a happy man indeed. Our surveillance staff who followed Tumukunde to stanbic bank main branch yesterday were left in shock and awe when the brigadier approached the bank counter and unleashed several 100 US dollars to have them exchanged to Ugandan cash. Tumukunde went to the bank in […]

Status of the epidemic as world marks HIV/AIDS Day

Global progress in both preventing and treating HIV emphasizes the benefits of sustaining investment in HIV/AIDS over the longer term. The latest report by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and UNAIDS “Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Response”  indicates that increased access to HIV services  resulted in a 15% reduction of new infections over the past decade […]

Male circumcision key to reducing HIV/AIDS prevalence in Uganda

Health experts have noted the need for all stakeholders to work towards scaling up the number of circumcised men in the country in order to curb HIV infections. Officials from the ministry of Health revealed that the prevalence of safe male circumcision must be increased from the current 25 % to at least 40% to […]

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