March 02, 2023
Uganda: Fresh Dairy Revamps 1-Yoghurt-a-Day to Promote Healthier Lifestyle Among Families
Fresh Dairy has revamped the '1-Yoghurt-A-Day' campaign with an aim of encouraging more families in Uganda to consume Yoghurt as an important step towards meeting their daily dairy… Read more »
March 01, 2023
Uganda: Kabuleta Calls New Public Health Law Anti-People, to Challenge It
The leader of the National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) Joseph Kabuleta has vowed to challenge the newly signed Public Health Amendment Act, 2022, saying that it is against… Read more »
February 16, 2023
Uganda: Cancer Institute Starts New Form of Treatment for Cancer, Leukemia Patients
The Uganda Cancer Institute has announced that it has added a new technology of blood and cellular therapy to provide more treatment options for patients, including those without… Read more »
February 10, 2023
Uganda: Uganda Cares Rallies for More Condom Use As 53,000 New HIV/Aids Cases Are Registered
With World Condom day on the doorstep and Valentine's Day on the 14th of February, love is in the air. Sex talk is a taboo in most communities, but the talk is necessary. Read more »
February 02, 2023
Uganda: Ministers of Health, Finance Trade Accusations Over Shortage of Drugs in Govt Hospitals
The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng and the Minister of State for Finance in charge of General Duties, Henry Musasizi traded accusations in parliament over the shortage of… Read more »
January 30, 2023
Uganda: Experts Warn Ugandans Against Eating Animal Foods, Taking Sugar
Nutritionists have urged Ugandans to refrain from eating animal foods and embrace healthy eating habits to curb the escalating rise of non-communicable diseases which are mainly… Read more »
January 27, 2023
Uganda: Residents Plead for Kilembe Mines Hospital
Residents in Kasese District have appealed to Parliament to intervene in the fate of Kilembe Mines Hospital, whose structures were destroyed by the May 2020 floods after River… Read more »
January 25, 2023
Uganda: Ugandans Urged On Fight Against Teen Pregnancies
The State Minister for youth affairs, Sarah Mateke has urged Ugandans to augment government and stakeholders' efforts aimed at ending teenage pregnancies and child marriages in the… Read more »
January 22, 2023
Uganda: Woman Sentenced to Seven Years for Injecting Step-Son With HIV Virus
A chief magistrate court in Lira City has sentenced to seven years imprisonment a woman accused of injecting her step son with her blood. Read more »
January 18, 2023
Uganda: Mayiga Rallies Buganda to Participate in Blood Donation Drives
Katikkiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga has urged the subjects of Buganda to participate in blood donation drives in order to fight blood scarcity in the country. Read more »
January 11, 2023
Uganda: Govt to Spend Billions on Hospital After Minister Fails to Get Treatment There
State Minister for Finance in charge of General Duties Henry Musasizi has revealed that Shs 20 billion has been allocated in the budget to rehabilitate Kambuga Hospital. Read more »
January 10, 2023
Uganda: Uganda To Be Declared Ebola Free
Uganda is waiting to be declared Ebola free on Wednesday, January 11 after going 42 days without reporting a new case. Read more »
January 03, 2023
Malawi: With 595 Dead, Malawi Suspends Reopening of Schools Due to Cholera Outbreak
The authorities in Malawi have suspended primary and secondary schools opening in two major cities following a cholera outbreak that has so far killed 595 people. Read more »
December 25, 2022
Uganda: Ssegirinya's Hospital Closed Due to Lack of Funds
Kawempe North Hospital which was founded by the jailed MP Muhammad Ssegirinya in July 2021 has been closed due to lack of funds to run the facility. Read more »
December 22, 2022
Uganda: Opposition Using Medical Association Members to Fight Me, Museveni, Says Dr. Oledo
Few hours after being reinstated as the Uganda Medical Association (UMA), Dr.Samuel Oledo has accused the opposition of using some members in the association to fight him and… Read more »
Uganda: Court Orders Reinstatement of Dr.Oledo as Uganda Medical Association President
The High Court in Kampala has issued an order directing the reinstatement of Dr.Samuel Oledo as the Uganda Medical Association president with immediate effect. Read more »
December 23, 2022
Uganda: Dr.Oledo is Not Yet Allowed Back to Office - He Misinterpreted Court Ruling, Says Medical Association
The Uganda Medical Association (UMA) has said there was a wrong interpretation of the High Court ruling by Dr. Samuel Oledo's team and noted that he is not yet allowed back into… Read more »
December 21, 2022
Uganda: 'Ebola Has Been Defeated'
President Museveni has hailed Ugandans for heeding to the advice of experts which has ensured the country defeats Ebola virus. Read more »
December 17, 2022
Uganda: Museveni Lifts Ebola Lockdown in Mubende, Kassanda
President Museveni has with immediate effect lifted the lockdown imposed on Mubende and Kassanda districts to control the spread of Ebola virus. Read more »
December 14, 2022
Uganda: Museveni Praises Ugandan Scientists for Role in Covid-19 Fight While in the U.S.
President Yoweri Museveni has praised the country's scientists for innovating in the fight against Covid-19 at a US health conference. Read more »
December 10, 2022
Uganda: Hospital Apologises Seven Years Later for Hiding Surgeon's Error That Nearly Killed Woman
A hospital trust has apologised to a woman for failing to admit a surgeon had been responsible for a massive haemorrhage that almost killed her after a Caesarean section. Read more »
December 04, 2022
Uganda: Muslims Warned Against Washing Body of a Person Who Has Died of Ebola
Government through the Ministry of Health has warned the Muslim community to desist from the practice of washing the body of a person who has died of Ebola, noting that the dead… Read more »
November 27, 2022
Uganda: Mubende, Kassanda Go Two Weeks Without New Ebola Cases - Lockdown Extended for 21 More Days
President Museveni has said that the two districts of Mubende and Kassanda have not recorded any new Ebola virus cases for 13 and 15 days respectively but has directed the… Read more »
December 02, 2022
Uganda: Museveni Roots for Prevention As the Best Way to Fight HIV/Aids
President Museveni has said prevention is the best way for the country to fight HIV/AIDS. Read more »
Uganda: Fighting Gender-Based Violence Will Help Reduce HIV - Activists
Activists from Care International Uganda, have urged Ugandans to join the fight against gender based violence which in return will help reduce the risk of HIV infection. Read more »