Health

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Immigration officials and Police are holding a doctor suspected to be part of a human trafficking racket that has been operating in Kasubi, a Kampala city suburb. Agnes Igoye, the deputy coordinator for the prevention of trafficking in persons at the Ministry of Internal …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Madi Okollo District authorities are investigating a suspected outbreak of Anthrax disease. This follows the death of three animals from a kraal in Payonga village, Panduku parish in Pawor Sub County. Walter Avaga, the assistant veterinary health officer in charge of Lower Madi County …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Elioda Tumwesigye says that his ministry was not directly involved in the planning process for developing a COVID-19 vaccine. Tumwesigye was on Wednesday appearing before Parliament’s Select Committee that is inquiring into the utilization of …

  Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in Arua City have arrested three staff of Arua Regional Referral Hospital over alleged theft of digital x-ray machine components. The West Nile Region Police Spokesperson Josephine Angucia identified the suspects as Billington Abila, a radiographer, Alex Okello, and Benard Olul …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health says only 10% of Health Center IVs in Uganda can offer blood transfusion services. Although Health Center IVs are supposed to conduct surgeries such as the caesarian section births in addition to treating conditions such as malaria which sometimes requires …

Why many experts believe countries may be rashly entering a new stage of learning to live with COVID-19 virus | THE INDEPENDENT | After 2 years of living through a global pandemic, many scientists and policymakers are trying to answer what happens next. The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 has driven …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans due for bone marrow transplants will soon not need to travel abroad to access the services. Plans are underway to enable them access transplants in Kampala at the Uganda Cancer Institute. According to the Uganda Medical Board, more than 20 Ugandans annually travel …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors at the Uganda Cancer Institute are seeing more male patients suffering from cancer of the penis than before. Cancer of the penis or penile cancer occurs when the cells on a man’s penis grow out of control. It often starts in the …

Makerere University researchers show how traditional transport was disorganised Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in partial or near-total shut down of motorised transport systems in most countries. In addition to new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) around transport, there was a lot of …

The three pillars that African countries need | CHARLES SHEY WIYSONGE AND DANIEL BAUSCH | Africa needs, and is ready for, nothing short of a new public health order, with systems better able to prepare for and respond to the next health threat. Having engaged in outbreak response, research, and …