The Fort Portal Referral Hospital Mental Health Unit receives 1,400 patients of mental illnesses annually, signifying a rise in psychiatric complaints in the Rwenzori region. Nyakahuma Edward, a psychiatrist attached to the Buhinga regional referral Hospital says mental illnesses are on the rise in the Rwenzori Region and have majorly affected the youth due to […]
The ministry of Health is devising means of cutting on wastage of resources in a bid to improve medical supplies and better service delivery of the sector. Opening the Review conference on the implementation of the sector’s work plan, the Health Minister Christine Ondoa said that the ministry is to come up with a strategy […]
The Ministry of Health has directed all Health officials to make a report on how they have spent the money in the allocated areas during every last quarter of the year. The directive follows reports that Health personnel misappropriate funds for their selfish interest which contributed to the poor performance of the rural Health centres. […]
The government of Uganda has said it is soon going to start posting medical doctors at each health centre IV across the country in a bid to solve the current problem of shortage of doctors. The health minister Dr. Androa Christine says they are currently working on the policy that will see the problem of […]
Uganda has joined the rest of the world to commemorate world Hepatitis day. According to statistics over 12000 are affected and 200 people die of the disease every year with the northern region taking the lead in Uganda. Officiating at the commemorations of the would hepatitis day the minister of Health Dr. Ondoa Christine says that […]
The government of Uganda says it has enough Anti retroviral in stock which can last the country for six months. This follows reports that the life prolonging drugs for HIV positive people were out of stock in the country, the only one in Africa with an ARV production plant. The minister of Health Dr. Christine […]
Kamwenge District may be at a higher risk to face the increased rate of malaria prevalence if serious attention is not paid to malaria prevention efforts. Bazaaraki Vincent the records personnel medical department says the rate of malaria prevalence in Kamwenge in the month of June was at 53%. Bazaaraki explains that of the16, 079 people […]
Over 200 village health workers in Ibanda district have received health equipment, for effective delivery of services in their communities. Mugisha Frank the district health educator says a total of 225 village health workers have received medical equipment and registers, after they completed a training course on how to give first aid, using simple technologies […]
The officer in-charge of Adiki health centre II in Amachi sub-county in Lira district Dickens Omonu has come under fire for alleged theft of drugs. It all started after Benard Adoko Amachi chairman petitioned Lira district officer demanding his intervention over the theft of government drugs. In his letter Adoko accuses Amonu of stealing 12 […]
Uganda may not be able to achieve the goals of Vision 2020 to reduce blindness in the community because of the human resource and infrastructure challenges. Vision 2020 is a program that aims at ensuring there are no cases of preventable blindness in the country by the year 2020. Dr. Ben Watmon the only eye […]