Tag: Uganda health

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 ...

Village Health Teams-VHTs in Fort-Portal City are demanding a monthly salary to cater for the expenses incurred while monitoring and reporting community health.  The VHTs Program was established in 2001 ...

Katwe Health Centre III in Kasese District is struggling to operate without accommodation for its staff.       The health centre built in the 1950s has dilapidated staff houses with some inhabitable ...

A minor has died at the children's reception center at Kamuli central police station. The deceased is 12-year-old, Hadijah Namukombe. She reportedly died on Wednesday night. Namukombe was first registered as a lost and ...

African Ministers of Health have signed a declaration to promote the inclusion of palliative care into universal health care. The declaration referred to as the 'Kampala Declaration 2022' was signed ...

The Uganda Cancer Institute-UCI has set up a breast cancer clinic at the Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital with an aim of improving breast cancer care coordination services in the ...

The number of women dying while giving birth in health centers has noticeably declined in Luwero district, a health report has revealed. According to Luwero District Health Department Performance report, ...

It looks like Uganda is winning the fight against Tuberculosis(TB) with the ministry of health revealing an increase in the number of patients recovering and a fall in mortality rates. ...

The Government health facilities in Oyam district are facing a challenge of staff shortages which are mostly crippling health centers lll that serve large populations. Betty Owani, the secretary for ...