1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (80+ words) Daily Monitor The spike is suspected to be driven by unregulated sexual activity in massage parlours, spas, and lodges, among others. Museveni pointed to the dramatic rise of emerging economies like China and India as proof that affluence spreads when…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (563+ words) The government will procure 50 Type B ambulances and two specialised Type C ambulances worth Shs20 billion this financial year as part of efforts to strengthen emergency medical services. Dr Charles Akiya Oyoo, Commissioner for Non-Communicable Diseases at the Ministry of Health,…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (762+ words) A massive expansion in clinical trial capacity and long-term research infrastructure has propelled Uganda into Africa’s top recipients of major medical research grants from leading partners like the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr Steven Reynolds, the Scientific Director…...

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1+ week, 2+ day ago   (785+ words) Uganda is finalising a new 10-year health financing strategy aimed at increasing domestic funding for healthcare and reducing the sector’s reliance on foreign assistance, Ministry of Health officials said Thursday. The Uganda Health Financing Strategy (UHFS), which will run from…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (152+ words) Daily Monitor The Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church and leaders of the ruling party have called for a peaceful approach to the National Cleaning Day initiative, urging the government to sensitise Ugandans on sanitation rather than resorting to force to enforce…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (169+ words) The government has incorporated District Committees on Adolescent Health (DICAH) into the Office of the Prime Minister’s official performance assessments, a key move aimed at keeping youth health interventions alive despite a sharp decline in foreign donor funding. The initiative…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (145+ words) How doctors ensure safety Several health bodies such as American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) also share additional operation care guidelines.These include: Despite the lifesaving aspect of the C-section,…...