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An outbreak of the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever has been confirmed in Amuru District.  Health officials revealed on Thursday that samples taken from an 18-year-old man who succumbed over the weekend...

It is one week since Kenya Bureau of Standards directed the removal of 10 brands of cooking oil and cooking fats from the shelves over standards, but the said brands...

A group of volunteers in Gulu City have offered to work with the Health Ministry in the fight against Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Mubende District. The volunteers worked previously...

Six health workers at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital have tested positive for Ebola Virus Disease.  According to Herbert Luswata, the General Secretary of the Uganda Medical Association, three are medical...

Health workers are still using outdated equipment to carry out post-abortion care procedures such as the removal of fetal tissue which could create more harm to the mother.  Dr Justus...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have called for concrete actions to address mental health concerns in the working population. This is after they found...

The arrival of a body of a 22-year-old student suspected to have succumbed to Ebola hemorrhagic fever created panic in Namulonge on Tuesday as Ministry of Health burial teams don...

Buvuma district and Kkoome islands on Tuesday received the specialized boat ambulances promised by President Yoweri Museveni in the last presidential campaigns. The boats are equipped with necessary gadgets including...

Kyegegwa District has heightened health surveillance following an outbreak of Ebola in the neighboring Mubende District. The Health Ministry last week confirmed an outbreak of Ebola in Mubende District after a...

A suspected Ebola patient has been admitted to an isolation ward at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital.  Doctor Edwin Okello, the in-charge of the Epidemiology Ward said that the male patient...