4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (800+ words) Teenage pregnancy remains a major health concern in Busoga, with 419 girls below the age of 15 registered for antenatal care in health facilities across the region during the 2025/2026 financial year. The figures are contained in the Busoga Joint Health Sector Performance…...

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…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (659+ words) Jinja Regional Referral Hospital has been forced to spend heavily on transporting medical oxygen from outside the region after its oxygen plant broke down about four months ago, disrupting the facility’s ability to meet its own needs and supply other…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (382+ words) By Sam Caleb Opio Kamuli District Local Council is set to table a motion seeking to introduce a monthly community sanitation and cleaning day to complement the national cleaning exercise held on the last Saturday and Sunday [for SDA] of…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (412+ words) A national cleaning exercise at the weekend has laid bare the deteriorating state of Nebbi main market, with heaps of uncollected garbage and clogged drainage channels raising public health concerns. The exercise, led by district officials and security personnel on…...

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, 2+ day ago   (419+ words) This weekend, the country witnessed its second national cleaning exercise. Slated for Saturday from 7am to 10am, citizens are required to go out and clean their communities. The mandatory three-hour exercise, announced last month, will be observed on the last Saturday of…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (322+ words) Uganda’s ambition to establish itself as a regional pharmaceutical manufacturing hub risks stalling unless locally produced medicines gain traction with the National Medical Stores (NMS), the Chief Executive Officer of Dei BioPharma, Mr. Farouk Minawa, has warned. Mr. Minawa questioned…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (134+ words) The Minister of Health, Dr. Chris Baryomunsi makes presentation on the floor of Parliament Cabinet has suspended a controversial policy that sought to reduce allowances for privately-sponsored medical interns, resolving a standoff that had previously drawn intense debate in Parliament…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (504+ words) Dr Alfred Jatho, the UCI head of community cancer services and one of the researchers in the study, provides a general explanation about what they observed.“There are so many things that contribute to the risk of developing cancer, and…...