Health

Uganda has confirmed a case of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Mubende District, Uganda. The confirmed case is a 24-year-old male a resident Ngabano village of Madudu Sub...

When Nighty Akello’s 11-year-old daughter started complaining of pain in her stomach last year, she took it for a mild condition that would disappear in just a matter of days. ...

Mbale Resident City Commissioner-RCC Ahamada Washaki has asked the police to arrest Simon Opio, a doctor at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital for asking for a bribe of 100,000 Shillings before discharging...

The World Food Programme (WFP) will start distributing rice to refugees in the West Nile region to supplement their food ration. The move comes as the humanitarian aid agency is...

The World Food Programme (WFP) will start distributing rice to refugees in the West Nile region to supplement their food ration. The move comes as the humanitarian aid agency is...

Residents of Chamkok Sub County in Abim District are struggling to access social services due to a conflict over the sub-county boundaries. Since its inception in 2018, the sub-county which...

Luwero district has registered a high number of people contracting Pneumonia disease. According to Luwero district health report on Mortality and Morbidity for the financial year 2021/22, pneumonia is the...

The cleaners at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital have laid down their tools protesting nonpayment for the last three months. Some of the cleaners who spoke to URN on condition of anonymity...

A local NGO Uganda Alcohol Policy Alliance has asked the government to ban companies dealing in alcohol from participating in school-related activities or sponsoring events targeting school-going children.  Juliet Namukasa,...