Ebola Case Confirmed in Uganda, Health Response Activated
The Ministry of Health Uganda has confirmed an imported case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the country.According to the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr. Diana...
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Surgeons Took 8 Hours to Extract 50 Needles plus Broken Pens inside Tortured Boy’s Stomach
A team of six health workers at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital took eight hours to operate on Samuel Akamumpa, an 9-year-old boy who was forced to swallow four dozen...
Ugandan scientists move closer to HIV treatment injection taken once every two months that could replace daily ARV pills
Uganda is preparing for a major shift in HIV treatment as researchers and health officials work towards introducing long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy (ART) th...
Makerere Lecturer Gets NDA Approval for His Ulcer Drug
A Makerere University pharmacy lecturer has done something Uganda’s pharmaceutical sector has been waiting for someone to do for a long time — taken traditional plant...
EXCLUSIVE: Where to Access HIV Wonder Injection, Lenacapavir in Eastern Uganda
The Ministry of Health has published Health Centres across the country where Lenacapavir is offered. The List that includes all Regional and General Hospitals also includ...
NDA Orders Enforcement Against Illegal Drug Vending in Passenger Buses
The National Drug Authority, a body that regulates the manufacturing and management of drugs in the country has directed its department of compliance to end the vending o...
Bobi Wine’s Trusted Bodyguard Ashraf Serembe Battles Life-Threatening Illness, Appeals for Help
Reports emerging from Uganda indicate that Ashraf Serembe, widely known as Commander Ashraf and a longtime bodyguard within the National Unity Platform (NUP) political mo...
UPDF Rolls Out Long-Acting HIV Prevention Injection Lenacapavir
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), through its Health Services, has rolled out lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) drug for HI...
Museveni Wants Pay As You Earn on Scientists Scrapped
President Museveni has proposed scrapping Pay As You Earn (P.A.Y.E) tax on scientists, arguing that the move would strengthen Uganda’s research capacity and accelerate...
The five common medicines that could be harming your hearing
When we think about the side effects of medicines, we might think of nausea, fatigue or dizziness. But there’s another, lesser-known risk that can have lasting – and...