Stories :: Category: Health :: Accepted date: July 2018

Updated: 17 Jul, 17:1617:16

• Kampala Bomb Blast Survivor Bedridden for Eight Years

  17 Jul 2018, 16:54 Comments 116 Views Kitgum, Uganda Health Northern Security Feature

  Today, he still recalls a sudden loud explosion hovering over the rugby grounds. He thought it was failed fireworks, But when the second explosion went off, he struggled to breathe. He could not walk, his neighbour was wailing, hundreds were scampering for their lives. This is the moment it dawned on him that the grounds were under attack. The explosion has ripped through the park, killing scores of revellers.

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• Kamwenge Hand Washing Campaign Registers Success

  17 Jul 2018, 12:16 Comments 190 Views Kamwenge, Uganda Health Report

  Tinah Kyomuhendo, a Community Health Worker at Kicheche health centre III, says that the facility no longer receives patients suffering from diarrhoea and dysentery.

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• Earphones Can Cause Hearing Loss – ENT Specialists Top story

  16 Jul 2018, 13:15 Comments 299 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Analysis

  Dr Mugaddu explains that when loud noise damages the eardrum and leaves the middle ear vulnerable to infections. Similarly, Dr Edward Turitwenka, another ENT specialist says that having the source of sound in ones ear canal can increase the sounds volume by nine decibels.

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  Pamela Mawanda

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• NGO Intervenes to Save Arua from Drug Shortage

  16 Jul 2018, 11:39 Comments 200 Views Arua, Uganda Health Local government Report

  Isaac Cadri, the Director PEP handed over of the drugs to the officer in charge of Medicines and Supplies Inventory at Arua District health offices, saying their intervention results from demands from the community where they have carried out health sensitization programmes.

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• Jiggers Infestation Reported in Rubanda District Top story

  16 Jul 2018, 11:16 Comments 377 Views Rubanda, Uganda Health Analysis

  Epaphras Ntamusore, a resident of Nyakabungo village in Kashasha parish, says the jigger infestation in the area started in 2015 but the situation worsened this year.

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  Samuel Amanya

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• UVRI Confirms Measles Outbreak in Ntoroko, Mayuge

  16 Jul 2018, 06:53 Comments 460 Views Ntoroko, Uganda Health Report

  Dr. Josephine Bwago, the head of department Expanded Programme on Immunisation EPI at UVRI, says received specimen of six measles suspects from Mayuge district on July 11th and another seven from Ntoroko district on July 12, 2018.

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• New Life Hospice Launches Drive To Construct Palliative Care Center In Arua

  14 Jul 2018, 15:50 Comments 365 Views Arua, Uganda Health Northern Report

  A drive to raise funds for the construction of a multi-million end to life care center has been launched in Arua to offer services to patients with terminal illnesses in West Nile and neighboring countries.

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• Minister Roots for Compulsory Antenatal Care Policy

  13 Jul 2018, 21:15 Comments 438 Views Kabarole, Uganda Health Report

  The World Health Organisation recommends that pregnant women should have their first contact with skilled medical personnel in the first 12 weeks gestation, with subsequent contacts taking place at 20, 26, 30, 34, 36, 38 and 40 weeks gestation.

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  Christopher Tusiime

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• UGX178M Maternity Ward Constructed in Nakaseke

  13 Jul 2018, 12:12 Comments 253 Views Nakaseke, Uganda Health Analysis

  The facility was constructed by Church of Uganda in 1950s to offer health services to people of Kapeeka Sub County in Nakaseke district.However, rebels of the then National Resistance Army-NRA, vandalized the health centre between 1981-1986 guerrilla war, leaving it in sorry state.

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• Gov't Procures Cesspool Trucks to Solve Kiruddu Leakage

  13 Jul 2018, 10:39 Comments 275 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  This comes following the continuous presence of sewage at the entrance of the hospital that has been attributed to the congestion of patients at the hospital. The move comes as the ministry of health plans to construct a lagoon on two and a half acres of land.

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  Pamela Mawanda

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• Consumption of Sexual Enhancement Pills Common –Pharmacists Top story

  12 Jul 2018, 11:56 Comments 317 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Analysis

  Most pharmacists and medical practitioners interviewed by URN pointed to the huge demand for the supplements especially from men. The pills are openly displayed and are either sold as a full dose or as per ones need.

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  Pamela Mawanda

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• Abayita Ababiri Market Vendors Protest over Uncollected Garbage

  12 Jul 2018, 10:34 Comments 253 Views Entebbe, Uganda Business and finance Health Local government Report

  The vendors say that the huge heaps of rubbish not only produce a foul smell but also threaten the hygiene of the market and those who use it.

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• Bilharzia: 24 Districts With Prevalence Of Over 20%

  11 Jul 2018, 12:16 Comments 495 Views Kampala, Uganda Environment Health Lifestyle Report

  A recent report by the Ministry of Health, authored by the Director General of Health Services, shows that after more than 14 of mass treatment, prevalence of infection of the disease has been reduced in some districts but infection levels have persistently remained high in a number of districts.

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• Mulago Renovation Works Delay Construction of Trauma Center

  10 Jul 2018, 16:59 Comments 208 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  Enock Kusasiira, the Public Relations Officer Mulago National Referral Hospital, attributes the delayed construction of the trauma center on the ongoing renovation works at the hospital.

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  Pamela Mawanda

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• Abim District Chair On the Spot for Misusing Vehicles

  10 Jul 2018, 11:49 Comments 177 Views Abim, Uganda Health Politics Updates

  Abim Resident District Commissioner, RDC Samuel Hashaka Mpimbaza says the abuse of government vehicles is on the rise in the district. Mpimbaza notes that the removal of the health vehicle has greatly affected service delivery especially on handling emergencies.

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• NDA Bans Sale Of Herbal Enhancement Pills

  9 Jul 2018, 19:12 Comments 300 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  The banned products might have serious health implications such as bleeding of the brain that can lead to sudden death in extreme cases according to NDA

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  Pamela Mawanda

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• Museveni Cautions Security Agencies on Physical Fitness

  8 Jul 2018, 13:51 Comments 577 Views Health Report

  Addressing the participants at the end of the procession, Museveni said he has observed that many police and traffic officers are unfit, adding that even children look more fit compared to them.

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• Row Between Kabarole Authorities, Hospital Director Deepens

  8 Jul 2018, 13:32 Comments 389 Views Kabarole, Uganda Health Report

  Edinah Mukarwiza, the chairperson Kabarole district Health, Education and Sports Committee, says Dr. Tugumisirize is ill-mannered and despises the local authorities whenever they try to assess the hospital and its operations.

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  Christopher Tusiime

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• Hundreds Turn Up for National Day of Physical Activity

  8 Jul 2018, 12:40 Comments 480 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Feature

  Dr. John Omagino, a senior consultant at Uganda Heart Institute, says Ugandans need to carry out physical activity to avoid such disease.

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  Pamela Mawanda

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• Elwelu Returns To Kasese, A Year After Raiding Omusinga's Palace

  8 Jul 2018, 11:34 Comments 437 Views Kasese, Uganda Health Editorial

  ince then, Elwelu had not stepped foot in Rwenzori region until on Saturday when he went to preside over the passing out of close to 2000 Local Defense Unit officers LDU at Hima Army Training School in Kavera Barracks.

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  Kule Jerome Bitswande

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