1+ day, 43+ min 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…...

3+ day, 23+ 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, 2+ 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…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (366+ words) By EMMY DANIEL OJARA The Prime Minister of the Rwenzururu Kingdom, Mr Kule Benson Baritizale, has dispelled rumours that His Majesty Omusinga Charles Wesley Mumbere Irema-Ngoma is critically ill, saying that he travelled to Turkey for a routine medical review....

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…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1584+ words) By Tonny Abet & SYLVIA NAMAGEMBE The crackdown on mechanically defective vehicles saves lives in more ways than one: beyond preventing accidents, it also clears the air of toxic fumes that quietly wreck our health, experts have warned. This publication’s analysis…...

1+ week, 5+ 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, 21+ hour ago   (790+ words) By STEPHEN OTAGE & Tonny Abet Wakiso District is facing an acute shortage of critical HIV prevention and diagnostic kits, despite reporting the highest annual numbers of new HIV infections, the HIV Focal Person has revealed. Ms Julliet Nassuna, the HIV…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (790+ words) By STEPHEN OTAGE & Tonny Abet Wakiso District is facing an acute shortage of critical HIV prevention and diagnostic kits, despite reporting the highest annual numbers of new HIV infections, the HIV Focal Person has revealed. Ms Julliet Nassuna, the HIV…...

2+ week, 22+ hour 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…...