Uganda Launches Monthly National Cleaning Days
KAMPALA, UGANDA — The Government of Uganda has introduced a nationwide monthly cleaning programme aimed at improving sanitation, reducing environmental health risk...
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Bobi Wine justifies US negative travel advisory after Kisekka market shooting
Bobi Wine says the shooting involving armed men in plain clothes at Kisekka Market supports the US decision to advise its citizens against travelling to Uganda.Armed men...
Ebola: Africa CDC Chief Writes to U.S. to Lift Travel Restrictions to Uganda
Jean Kaseya, Director general of Africa Centres for Disease Control and PreventionAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Director-General Jean Kas...
SLEEPING SICKNESS FIGHT IN DISARRAY! Inside Missing Assets, Unclaimed Millions & Shambolic Handover at MAAIF’s COCTU
The government’s once-celebrated war against tsetse flies and sleeping sickness may have succeeded in wiping out Human African Trypanosomiasis in Uganda by 2020, b...
STOP THE ALARM! PM Nabbanja Blasts Sheema Woman MP Katusiime Over Mystery Disease Claims
Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja on Thursday sharply rebuked Sheema District Woman MP Hon. Adrine Katusiime Mwebesa after the legislator raised concerns over an a...
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...
Thieves Steal Hundreds of Doses of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccines in Napak
Michael Longole- Mt Moroto Regional SpokespersonNAPAK, Uganda – Police in Napak District have launched investigations and are pursuing suspects who broke into the...
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...
The Deadly Cost of School Health Neglect in Uganda
‎As Ugandans, we are known to move on very fast from public events or circumstances, but this should not be ignored. The recent, heartbreaking death of a 14-year-ol...
Kikafunda Pushes for Village Knapsack Sprayers, Regional Cancer Centre for Kigezi
Rubanda District Woman Member of Parliament Hon. Evelyn Ninsiima Kikafunda has called on the government to provide a knapsack sprayer for every village across Uganda to b...