Health

Kitgum Municipal authorities are grappling with a garbage management crisis because their only dumpsite in Piny-Munu in Pajimo parish in Labongo Akwang Sub County is filled up. Currently, residents are complaining about piles...

Masaka Association of Persons with Disability Living HIV & Aids-MADIPHA has translated the HIV Prevention and Control Act into Luganda to fight discrimination against people living with HIV/Aids. The community-based organization...

The Joint Medical Store (JMS) has embarked on the construction of the regional medical warehouse and supply Centre for Northern Uganda worth Shillings 7 billion. Construction of the medical warehouse...

The Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Malaria has asked the Ministry of Health to improve the quality of mosquito nets distributed to Ugandans. Research has shown that sleeping under an insecticide-treated...

The hospital in the United States of America where Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze Bakireke is receiving treatment has written to the speaker of parliament indicating that the MP might stay...

The Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has asked Members of Parliament to support efforts by the government to roll out the world’s first malaria vaccine in 2023. The...

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has highlighted the need to support millions facing starvation and disease in the Horn of Africa.   Dr Tedros...

Scientists in Northern Uganda have launched a campaign aimed at promoting the production and consumption of safe food as well as preventing contamination. The campaign dubbed, ‘’Safe Food Africa Movement’’...

Well-wishers in Lira have commenced the distribution of relief food among the hunger-affected communities in Otuke District. About 40,000 people in the district were reported to be in need of...

Pharmaceutical company GSK has been awarded a contract to produce the world’s first malaria vaccine so that millions more children will be protected against the killer disease.  The landmark award,...