Health

Lamwo District health department is developing a response plan following the rising cases of measles in the district. By Monday, the district had registered 57 measles cases up from eight...

We have always heard of Kampala Massage parlors being used as brothels to sell sex privately so we decided to put this theory to the test. We had received a...

Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has told survivors of Ebola Virus Disease to avoid sex for at least one year after being discharged from the hospitals for safety of...

One of the six health workers who contracted Ebola has passed this morning at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital.  The death has been confirmed by Dr Alex Adaku, the Hospital...

There is minimal vigilance in Kampala for people to guard against the spread of the Ebola virus as Kampala dwellers go on with their businesses. Downtown Kampala, people are operating...

A pregnant mother is expecting … her own grandchild. Nancy Hauck, 56, can’t wait to give birth to her granddaughter. “I never planned for it, but I am so glad...

Private healthcare providers in the East African Region are pushing for collaborations to cut down on the number of foreign medical referrals within member countries.  Experts from 16 countries in...

The East African Community Secretariat has urged EAC Partner States to enhance emergency preparedness and response activities following an outbreak of Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) in Uganda.  Health authorities in...

Parliament has approved government’s proposed penalty of life imprisonment for any person who sells or gets involved in any form of compensation for human organs, tissues, or cells. This is...

The Member of Parliament for Bukimbiri county in Kisoro district Eddie Kwizera has this morning collapsed as parliament met to elect members of the East African Legislative Assembly.  MPs are...