John Kyeyune, the Kapeeka sub county LC V councilor, says a secondary school in his area recently hired a private health worker to conduct tests and vaccinate students against Hepatitis B but few month later two cases were detected at the school.
Read more ...Opendi said they hope this can be done in the first half of the 2019/2020 financial year to allow government to mobilise resources for drugs and increase funding to the National Medical Stores to avoid drug stock outs.
Read more ...Wilber Mugenyi, the Kiryanga Sub-County LC 3 chairpersons, says Natukunda died on Thursday Morning while bleeding from the nose and mouth, which caused tension among the area residents.
Read more ...A person infected with Bilharzia develops swelling stomach, cough, headache, fever, vomits blood at advanced stages and if not timely treated, it results into death. It can affect body parts like nervous system, lungs and the brain.
Read more ...The facility that receives about 100 expectant mothers on a daily basis for antenatal care, has only one blood pressure machine which is used to detect the condition.
Read more ...The health centre is the only one facility in Kakabara Sub County serving a population from 37 villages and from neighbouring Sub Counties. It receives between 100 to 200 patients daily.
Read more ...The plan involves strengthening operational support to negotiate better access to communities; increase support for humanitarian coordination; and bolster preparedness and readiness planning for the Goma region, and in countries that share borders with the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Read more ...According to the Rwenzori West Police Spokesperson, Lydia Tumushabe, there are allegations that Little has been giving this liquid solution whose ingredients are unknown but include Chloride Dioxide, to unsuspecting victims in districts of Kabarole, Kasese and Kyenjojo.
Read more ...According to the health ministry, screening points will be set up at the Catholic, Anglican and Muslim martyr’s sites in Namugongo.
Read more ...Patients found at health centre say that whenever they go to the facility to seek medical services, there are few or no health workers.
Read more ...The trial is going to use the Janssen Ebola Vaccine that was developed by Janssen Pharmaceutical company. Phase I and II human trials of the vaccine have already been carried out by the Oxford Vaccine Group in the United Kingdom
Read more ...The certification by the World Health Organisation is granted when a country proves beyond a reasonable doubt, that it has interrupted the chain of indigenous transmission of the disease for at least 3 consecutive years. Records indicate that Algeria last reported its last case of indigenous malaria in 2013.
Read more ...Fruit vendors in Mbale Central Market have raised complaints about a stench emanating from uncollected garbage near the entrance to the market, with some saying it is hard for them to break their fast.
Read more ...According to the Principal Health officer Arua Municipality, Norah Fathum there are over 300 herbalists operating illegally within the Municipality alone with majority based in River Oli division.
Read more ...Simon Opio, the General Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Society says that there are many unmet medical fields in the country that need to be fulfilled. He says some unethical practices in some of pharmacies are due to the limited number of qualified pharmacists in the country.
Read more ...Luweero district had planned to construct 19 boreholes as part of a program to increase access to clean water in rural areas. However, only 13, out of the 19 planned boreholes, have been successfully sunk after the contractor found no water in the rest of the sites.
Read more ...More than 940 employees of Kyambogo University are to have their salaries deducted this month as the institution implements its Medical Insurance scheme.
Read more ...Irene Nakiriggya, the Reproductive Health Officer at Mengo based Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau (UPMB) says the Church has found no biblical condemnation of family planning anywhere in the Bible. She says rather than condemn it, the Bible encourages people to plan for their families in many verses including Genesis 1:28.
Read more ...The trial will use an improved version of ChAdOx1-GnGc-a vaccine currently only used by animals to treat RVF as an option to treating RVF in humans. Funding for the project is from the UK Vaccine Research and Development Network.
Read more ...Four people including a Congolese national were arrested in Arua, while one was arrested in Nebbi in a crackdown on illegal dealing in drugs.
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