Hundreds Turn Up for Free Eye, Diabetes Treatment in Arua
15 Nov 2018, 11:21 Comments 157 Views Arua, Uganda Health Lifestyle ReportThe medical camp was organized by the Lions Club of Arua in commemoration of the World diabetes day.
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Stories :: Category: Health :: Accepted date: November 2018
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Gov't Asked to Prioritize Family Planning Services For Refugees
15 Nov 2018, 07:20 Comments 200 Views Kigali, Rwanda Health AnalysisGovernments and humanitarian organizations have been called upon to increase funding and build the capacity of government health facilities around refugee settlements to provide family planning services.
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Ministry Of Health: We are Prepared In Case Of Ebola Virus
14 Nov 2018, 14:35 Comments 206 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Parliament UpdatesThe Health Ministry has said they are on the highest alert ever of Ebola Virus Disease EVD as the outbreak enters the fourth month and case numbers surpass 300 in the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC.
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Ebola Vaccination Starts in Kasese
13 Nov 2018, 21:24 Comments 348 Views Kasese, Uganda Health AnalysisAbout 680 medical workers in Kasese will be vaccinated with the rVS-zebron vaccine after the exercise was rolled to Kasese upon completion of Ntoroko.
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Private Sector Adopts New Strategies for HIV Funding
13 Nov 2018, 15:50 Comments 211 Views Kampala, Uganda Health ReportThe initiative, launched in July 2017, was premised on the foundation that while the Government of Uganda has invested considerable resources in combating HIV/ AIDS, there is still a lot of dependence on external foreign donors especially for the purchase of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment commodities.
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Kotido Scales Down Mother to Child HIV Infection
13 Nov 2018, 13:43 Comments 167 Views Kotido, Uganda Health ReportDr. Cerino Achar, the District Health Officer Kotido says the good results were achieved out of team work from both the district, partners and mothers living with HIV.
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Sembabule Child Drowns in Dam
13 Nov 2018, 13:13 Comments 185 Views Sembabule, Uganda Health Breaking newsAccording to the deceaseds father James Byaruhanga, the minor accidentally fell into the dam when she had gone to fetch water with her friends.
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Antimicrobial Resistance Deaths Could Surpass Cancer Fatalities- Experts
13 Nov 2018, 11:51 Comments 263 Views Kampala, Uganda Agriculture Environment Health ReportAntimicrobials are drugs which prevent and treat parasitic, bacterial, viral and fungal infections. However, although the medicines are very useful in fighting off infections, they are becoming less effective due to over-prescribing by physicians, veterinarians, dentists and their misuse by farmers and agronomists.
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2.7 million Women Using Contraception in Uganda
13 Nov 2018, 10:44 Comments 234 Views Kigali, Rwanda Health AnalysisThe number of women using modern methods of contraception in Uganda increased by 1,076,000 in 2018, bringing the total number of women now using modern methods of contraception to 2,790,000 .
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More Investment Needed in Family Planning
13 Nov 2018, 02:44 Comments 356 Views Kigali, Rwanda Health AnalysisAccording to the report, since 2012, 46 million more women and girls who want to avoid pregnancy or delay pregnancy have begun using a modern method of contraception in the worlds 69 poorest countries.
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6 UPDF Soldiers Injured in Accident
12 Nov 2018, 17:21 Comments 263 Views Kalungu, Uganda Health Breaking newsThe accident occurred at Kabale -Bugonzi in Bukulula Sub County in Kalungu district on Monday when a double cabin vehicle registration number BO4BF 116, in which the soldiers were travelling in lost control veered off the road overturning several times.
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One Tests Positive for Crimean-Congo Fever in Rukungiri
12 Nov 2018, 16:35 Comments 391 Views Rukungiri, Uganda Health AnalysisDr Akasiima Mucunguzi, the Rukungiri District Health Officer, says that all people who got in contact with the two victims have also been isolated for surveillance. Mucunguzi also says that the Rapid Response Team has identified Bugangari Health Centre IV in Bugangari Sub County as the treatment Centre.
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5th International Conference On Family Planning Opens In Kigali
12 Nov 2018, 16:30 Comments 168 Views Kigali, Rwanda East Africa Health Lifestyle ReportHeld biennially since 2009, the ICFP serves as a strategic inflection point for the family planning and reproductive health community worldwide.
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Kabale Health Centres Hit by Mebendazole Drug Stock Out
11 Nov 2018, 11:28 Comments 259 Views Kabale, Uganda Health ReportAlfred Besigensi, the Kabale District Health Educator says that 65 tins cant serve the 60 government health facilities in the district. Besigensi says that the stock out affected last months Child health days, where children below 14 years were supposed to receive a dose of Mebendazole tablets.
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Malaria Prevalence in Mityana High
10 Nov 2018, 16:22 Comments 461 Views Mityana, Uganda Health ReportA recent baseline survey conducted by Sauti za Wananchi Voices of Citizens released by Twaweza East Africa indicates that over 84 percent of Ugandan children under five years of age sleep under insecticide treated-bed nets of the type known to provide strong protection against malaria transmission.
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Gov't Asked to Implement Sexuality Education Policy
10 Nov 2018, 14:41 Comments 244 Views Kampala, Uganda Education Health AnalysisLast findings from a qualitative study from across Uganda in the months of September and October by Twaweza found out that a large percentage of pupils continue to drop out of school as a result of pregnancy. Dr Mary Goretti Nakabugo, the Uwezo Regional Manager, Twaweza East Africa argues that schools need to become safe spaces for girls.
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Karamoja Residents Share Water with Animals
10 Nov 2018, 13:39 Comments 172 Views Moroto, Uganda Health Local government ReportAt Lokisile village in Rupa Sub County, Moroto district, both herdsmen from the area and Turkana pastoralists share water with animals at the dam, which is the only water source. The residents use the contaminated water for drinking, bathing and other domestic needs.
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Kyangwali Refugees Protest Delayed Allocation of Land
10 Nov 2018, 12:43 Comments 167 Views Kikube, Uganda Health AnalysisEmmanuel Bumaraki, a refugee who came from Nyamamba in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo says he came to the settlement area in September but up to date he has never been allocated land. He says some of the officials in charge of land allocation are demanding for money from the refugees.
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NDA Investigating Reports of Fake Malaria Test Kits
10 Nov 2018, 10:27 Comments 220 Views Kampala, Uganda Health ReportDonna Kusemererwa, the Secretary NDA says that the authority received a claim about the kits being sold on the market and investigations are underway. She says that the results of the investigation will be released next week.
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Nakaseke Hospital Fees Reinstated
9 Nov 2018, 16:03 Comments 214 Views Luweero, Uganda Health ReportSamuel Kisitu the district councillor for Kasangombe Sub County said that the fees were affordable and will help to stop health workers from extorting money from patients.
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