December 13, 2022
Uganda: Speaker Petitioned Over Palliative Care Legislation
The Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU) has petitioned Parliament for a national palliative care policy which will facilitate access to services by the terminally ill. Read more »
Uganda: Disappearing Ebola Outbreak Challenges Vaccine Testing
December 05 marked 80 days of responding to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Uganda and seven days since the last confirmed case in one of the worst hit districts called… Read more »
December 12, 2022
Uganda: HIV/Aids Injectable Treatment Drug
Researchers of the vaccine programme at Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) will start conducting a study among females below 25 years to assess the efficacy of Lenacapavir, an… Read more »
December 08, 2022
Uganda: Advocacy Through Art
In a bid to continue spreading the message about teenage pregnancies and sexual violence against children, ActionAid International Uganda embarked on a one-week campaign in… Read more »
November 28, 2022
Uganda: Analysis - Ebola Fight
The Ministry of Health on average receives about 160 alerts every day of possible Ebola, according to the Disease Outbreak News (DON) of Nov.24 by the World Health Organisation… Read more »
December 01, 2022
Uganda: Driving On the Road to an Aids-Free Uganda
In the mid-1980s to early 1990s, the new NRA government of Uganda was grappling with the uphill task of reorganising a country ravaged by instability, economic adversity, and human… Read more »
November 21, 2022
Uganda: How Uganda Could Cushion Itself From Global Food Supply Shocks
A set of economic studies by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has found that modest but well-prioritized investments in Uganda's agricultural sector could in the long… Read more »
Uganda: Ugandans Survived the Covid-19 Lockdown but Might Not Live Through the Current Financial One
It was tough going through the two years of lockdown resulting from the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Uganda. But some households that survived the lockdown may… Read more »
November 17, 2022
Uganda: HIV/Aids Kills 17,000
Uganda Network of AIDS Services Organisation (UNASO) wants the fight against HIV/AIDS in Uganda to focus on encourage health-seeking behavior as the disease continues to spread;… Read more »
November 06, 2022
Uganda: Ugandans Fear Ebola Lockdown
Since the first case of the current Ebola outbreak in Uganda was confirmed on September 20, the number of cases had by November 04 topped 131 across seven districts, including 17… Read more »
October 26, 2022
Uganda: President Museveni Commissions Dei Biopharma Pharmaceutical and Vaccine Plant
The President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, on Friday commissioned the Dei Biopharma manufacturing facility in Matugga, near Kampala. Read more »
October 25, 2022
Uganda: Covid-19 - 5000 Jobs Lost in Uganda's Off-Grid Power Sector
Over 5,000 jobs in Uganda's decentralized renewable energy (off-grid power) sector have been lost over the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic according to a new study… Read more »
October 14, 2022
Uganda: UK Announces Support to Help Uganda Manage the Ebola Outbreak
The British High Commission in Kampala on 12th October announced that the UK will provide £2.2m to WHO, UNICEF and WFP to support Uganda's response to the current Ebola… Read more »
October 11, 2022
Rwanda: Rwanda Reports Increase in Mental Health Disorders Among Patients
Cases of mental health disorders have increased in Rwanda since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Health said Monday. Read more »
October 04, 2022
Uganda: Ebola Deaths Climb
A multipronged international effort has begun to pull out all the stops to launch trials of experimental Ebola vaccines in Uganda, which declared an outbreak of the deadly disease… Read more »
October 02, 2022
Uganda: Lawmakers Urge Govt to Increase Funding for Mental Health Services
MPs have adopted a motion, urging government to increase funding for mental and psychiatric care services in the country. Read more »
September 30, 2022
Uganda: Parliament Sets Tough Penalties for Human Organ Trade
Parliament has passed the Uganda Human Organ Donation and Transplant Bill, 2022 setting tough penalties for dealing in human organs for commercial purposes. Read more »
August 25, 2022
Uganda: Uganda Intensifies Border Surveillance After Ebola Outbreak in Eastern DR Congo
Uganda has intensified surveillance on its western border following a reported Ebola case in the neighboring eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a senior government… Read more »
August 19, 2022
Uganda: Young People and Noncommunicable Disease
Young people have always been critical drivers of change. From Soweto, where children rose up against apartheid, to Malala standing up for girls' education, to Greta and the school… Read more »
August 17, 2022
Uganda: Government to Vaccinate Children Against Malaria
The State Minister for Health, Margaret Muhanga has revealed that government plans vaccinate children against malaria. Read more »
August 03, 2022
Uganda: Govt to Review Pay of Village Health Teams
The Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has pledged to have Cabinet reconsider an earlier Parliament resolution on increment of remuneration for Village Health Teams (VHT). Read more »
June 15, 2022
Uganda: Constitutional Court Begins Hearing Petition Against HIV Prevention and Control Act, 2015
The Constitutional Court in Kampala on Tuesday, June 7th started hearing the petition against the HIV Prevention and Control Act, 2015 after six years of filing. Read more »
June 10, 2022
Uganda: The Fight to Control Malaria
The world has not yet won the war against malaria. While the total number of cases has declined from about 81.1 cases per 1,000 population to 59 per 1,000 since 2000, there were… Read more »
June 09, 2022
Uganda: MPs Query Expenditure of Intern Doctors' Allowances
Lawmakers have put the former Executive Director (ED) Mulago National Referral Hospital, Dr. Byarugaba Baterana on the spot over the expenditure of Shs206 million meant for… Read more »
May 31, 2022
Uganda: Health Workers Appeal to MPs for Improved Working Conditions
Health workers in Eastern Uganda have asked Parliament's Committee on Health to push for improvement in their working conditions citing dilapidated hospital structures and poor… Read more »