dfcu Bank and Rotary Uganda Expand Access to Healthcare in Kamwokya
Previously undiagnosed cases of hypertension and diabetes were identified during the latest dfcu Bank–Rotary Health Camp in Kamwokya, where approximately 1,085 residents received medical consultations, screening, treatment and referrals.
The number...
Government Seeks Shs139bn Loan to Build Mbarara Cancer Centre
The Minister of State for Primary Health Care, Hon. Charles Ayume has defended government’s proposal to borrow Shs139 billion from the French Government to construct and equip the Uganda...
Uganda Starts Clinical Trials for Bundibugyo Ebola Vaccine
Uganda has begun a new phase of clinical trials for a candidate vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, as scientists step up efforts to develop protection against the...
Old Mutual Uganda Launches Digital Wellness App Thrive
Old Mutual Uganda has launched Thrive by Old Mutual, a digital wellness application designed to help Ugandans take a more active role in managing their financial, physical, mental and...
Generic drug makers urged to expand medicine access in Africa
Generic medicine manufacturers have a major opportunity to help address Africa’s long-standing medicine shortages as demand for treatment of both infectious and non-communicable diseases continues to rise, a new...
Health Ministry Seeks Shs40bn to Buy 108 Ambulances
The Ministry of Health is seeking Shs40 billion to procure 108 ambulances for constituencies that have not yet received emergency vehicles, as government moves to strengthen emergency response and...
HIV Patients Raise Alarm Over Expired ARVs in Health Facilities
People Living with HIV/AIDS are raising concerns after receiving antiretroviral medicines that had allegedly expired before they were dispensed by health facilities.
Ms Barbara Kemigisa, an HIV activist and mother...
Uganda Confirms Outbreak of Marburg Case in Kyegegwa
The single Marburg case was detected in Kyegegwa district in the west of Uganda, in a 1-1/2-year-old child who had died.
Public concern is rising after health officials sounded an...
Gov’t to get 19,200 more doses of lenacapavir
The Ministry of Health has announced that Uganda will receive an additional 19,200 doses of lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable medicine used to prevent HIV infection, as demand for the...
Ministry of Health launches Injectable HIV Prevention Drug in Masaka
The Ministry of Health efforts to curb the spread of HIV have received a significant boost following the rollout of a new long-acting injectable drug designed to prevent HIV...
World Sickle Cell Day: Gov’t urges Ugandans to know their sickle cell status before marriage
The Ministry of Health has renewed its appeal for stronger national efforts to combat sickle cell disease, warning that thousands of Ugandan children continue to lose their lives to...
EBOLA: Five patients allowed to leave hospital in DRC
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are celebrating after five patients, who had Ebola and now recovered, were allowed to leave hospital.
The current outbreak is suspected to...
