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,…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (666+ words) A power supply crisis at Nakaseke General Hospital is threatening to undermine gains made after the facility’s laboratory was refurbished and upgraded to serve as a regional testing hub, hospital officials have warned. The laboratory was refurbished by Baylor Foundation…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (442+ words) The opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party has called on the government to declare the worsening hunger situation in Karamoja a national emergency, citing rising food insecurity and malnutrition across the region. The call comes as the latest Integrated…...

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, 1+ hour ago   (240+ words) Mr Abdul Nassar Magezi, a member of the Uganda Country Coordinating Mechanism for the Global Fund, right, wearing a black suit, during a guided tour of Hoima City Referral Hospital with other Global Fund members and hospital administrators. Officials from…...

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, 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…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago   (448+ words) For 19-year-old Titus Kabanda, a student at St. Mathias Magada Secondary School, a toothache has turned into a two-month ordeal. Kabanda, a resident of Buyange Village in Magada sub-county, sought treatment at Magada Health Centre III last month but was…...