TWELVE-YEAR old Joseph Wasswa was born without an anus and before his parents, Margaret Nabisunsa and Joseph Mubiru, could complete the required hospital visits for the corrective operations, they died.
FREDRICK Kizito, the president of the Uganda Dietetic Association, attributes the changing trend to a radical shift in the structure and composition of diets from wholesome to refined fast foods, fuelled by urbanisation and technological improvement.
WHEN Lilly Napata was diagnosed with HIV in 2005, she thought it meant the end of life and for some moments, the whole world seemed to be crumbling on her. Narrating her ordeal, she said she could see all hopes of a better life vanishing in the air and all that lay ahead was misery, a hell on earth experience.
THE United States Agency for International Development (USaid) last week honoured groups and individuals for their contribution to raising awareness about HIV and Aids as well as fighting stigma. The annual Auxillia Chimusoro HIV and Aids awards were presented by visiting American actor Debra Messing on Thursday.
Samson OLEMA'S job is to protect the population in three districts by ensuring that drugs are sold only in safe premises and they are safe for human consumption.
SAMSON OLEMA is the sole drug inspector for three districts in West Nile; Arua, Koboko and Maracha Terego. SATURDAY VISION'S LYDIA NAMUBIRU followed him around for two days and discovered an interesting man and dedicated civil servant with an almost impossible job.
STOLEN drugs and health equipment from Uganda worth millions of shillings are sold to clinics in Kenya, investigations into the loss of government drugs have revealed.
THE Ministry of Health experts are still investigating recent deaths in Kaabong attributed to Hepatitis E.
UGANDA has been declared guinea worm free by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The country representative, Joachuim Saweka on Friday handed over a certification letter to primary health care state minister James Kakooza at the Ministry of Health headquarters in Wandegeya.
THE surge in the number of strange diseases among Ugandans has been blamed on food eaten with less or no nutrients.
There is no time more auspicious to demand, from our leaders, an immediate action plan to revamp our health sector, as now when President Umaru Yar Adua has, for two weeks, commanded the headlines of both local and international headlines over his search for a reliable and lasting cure for an illness which has remained a subject of controversy to his subjects.
The Sokoto State government has disclosed that the MTN foundation will soon established a humo-dialysis centre at the Specialist Hospital in Sokoto.
The Special Adviser on Women Affairs to Nasarawa State government, Lady Theresa Mataki Wuya, has attributed the high rate of HIV/AIDS to the inability of Nigerians to practise safe sex, saying researchers have not discovered any permanent cure to the disease.
No fewer than 10,000 children in Delta State have benefited from Chevron Nigerian Limited/NNPC Joint Venture free medical healthcare programme aimed at boosting the social and economic well-being of the people in the state.
The Gejeret Community Hospital here in the capital has introduced new equipments with a view to expanding the already began eye treatment service, according to Mr. Andeberhan Hidremichael, head of the hospital.
CHIEF Mumena of the Kaonde people of Solwezi has said bad cultural practises that promote the spread of HIV/AIDS and hinder the progress of the girl-child should be discarded.
The management of the National Hospital Abuja has explained the disparities in the hospital's payment of the15 per cent mandatory mobilisation fee to contractors, arguing that the decision was to ensure that monies voted for such contracts are accessed before the end of the year.
Voluntary blood donation is on the rise as a result of extensive campaign undertaken by the regular blood donation club, stated Dr. Yosef Yohannes, Chairman of the club.
Amidst sobs and emotion, Mrs Kehinde Madaki Ali , the wife of Charles Garba Madaki Ali, the late former works minister, narrated how her husband lost out in the battle against cancer.
The piece 'Who is healthy here?' written by Mahmud Jega on the back cover of Daily Trust newspaper of 30th November deserves the following response. I salute him on behalf of all the poor Nigerians that have never seen the four walls of Rochester's Mayo clinic, we the downtrodden that have been consistently subjected to hardship and deprivation from our corrupt public officers hell bent on milking ...
A female bone healer that works in the confines of her home at Block 156, Last Road, Area C Nyanya, Saturday appealed to government for help to enable her reach out to more people that will need her services.
Emaciated, smelly and infested with jiggers, the 15-year-old boy who was found abandoned in a chicken house at Miralambo village in Rakai District two weeks ago could not talk or walk when a local inspection team came to his rescue.
A few days ago I found it necessary to restate my position, calmly and quietly, that my sons - two so far - should under no circumstances be circumcised. Two very simple and I am persuaded, logical reasons.
It was like a surprise on December 3, 2009 to the people living with any form of disability in Ilejemeje local government area of Ekiti state, as the chairman of the Council, Chief Ebenezer Oladipo rolled out the red carpet to celebrate them and to commemorate the 2009 International Disability Day
Days after the employees of Premier Tobacco Company (PTC) protested against unhealthy working conditions, the Managing Director of the firm, Assinapol Rwigara, has reacted by dismissing their complaints.
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