Masaka hospital overwhelmed as 160 preterm births recorded monthly
Masaka Regional Referral Hospital registers at least 160 cases of premature births every month, a figure that is overwhelming its neonatal unit despite support from gover...
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Mulago experts explain Besigye's persisting speech impairment
Mulago specialists say Dr Kizza Besigye remains unable to speak or write after collapsing in court, although he can understand questions and communicate by pointing at le...
St Peter’s Naalya under fire over alleged 3 am eviction of candidates
St. Peter's SS-Naalya.St Peter’s Secondary School Naalya is under criticism over allegations that female candidate students were forced out of their dormitories at 3:00...
Justice Institutions Move to Strengthen Health Rights for People in Custody
Justice Institutions Move to Strengthen Health Rights for People in CustodyA new multi-agency committee has begun work to embed health and human rights protections across...
Imprisoning medical interns is not how we protect the gains of Uganda’s healthcare
The protestors in the dockCelebrated Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in her 2009 TED Talk, The Danger of a Single Story, powerfully illuminated why the diversit...
Who loses when medical interns stay home?
Who loses when medical interns stay home?At a time when Uganda’s public hospitals are already struggling with too few health workers, more than 2,000 young doctors stay...
Military scholars see Uganda’s drug-making ambitions as a model for Africa
Dr Mathias Magoola addressing Mali military chiefsWhen military officers from nine African countries walked through a sprawling pharmaceutical complex on the outskirts of...
Health Ministry confirms deadly malaria surge; 4 students die at top Kampala schools
The Ministry of Health has confirmed that four students died from severe malaria at Makerere College School, Mengo SS and Gayaza High School.The Ministry of Health has co...
Baryomunsi Shocks Parliament: Alcohol Drinkers More Susceptible to Mosquito Bites
Dr Baryomunsi’s statement on malaria offered relief to worried parents The Minister of Health, Chris Baryomunsi caused unease in Parliament when he revealed that p...
MPs Demand Stronger Malaria Response as Schoolchildren Hard Hit
KAMPALA, Uganda — Members of Parliament have raised concerns over rising malaria infections and reported deaths, including among school-going children, and called...