Health

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Health Rights Advocacy Organization Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) has petitioned the Constitutional court over the proposed budget cuts for the health sector. In the petition filed on Tuesday, Peter Eceru, a lawyer and Programmes Specialist at CEHURD which is suing the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Health Ministry has discontinued the use of Vitamin C in the management of COVID-19 citing the high toxic levels associated with the drug. Vitamin C, alias ascorbic acid, is a chewable or dissolvable tablet or intravenous drug that supplements the uptake of nutrients in the …

Study from Tanzania offers lessons on how to worldwide HEALTH | MANISHA SHAH | Professor of Public Policy and Director of Global Lab for Research in Action, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Being an adolescent anywhere is challenging. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa, where adolescents have some …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Two victims who were last year assaulted in Gulu have expressed concern about the delays by the court to hear their case.  Lillian Nabaggala Maximillian aged 30 and Shamsa Kayoya, 25, all residents of Kampala were assaulted on the night of December 28th, 2020 at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Ministry of Health is anticipating to register a significant improvement in maternal health come the Uganda demographic health survey expected to take place later this year. In the previous survey conducted in 2016, Uganda registered improvement in maternal health with reduced mortality at 336 per …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Ministry of Health is considering vaccinating students aged 18 and below at health training institutions against COVID-19 to control the spread of the virus. According to the Health Ministry, health institutions are turning out to be COVID-19 cluster centers.   The manufacturers of the vaccine and …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Rt. Rev. Paul Ssemogerere, the Bishop of Kasana-Luweero Catholic Diocese has noted with concern the persistent maternal deaths in Uganda despite the presence of health facilities with a fully-fledged staff. According to the November 2020 report by Ministry of Health [MoU], the current maternal mortality ratio …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Ministry of Health and representatives from the Uganda Nurses and Midwife Union (UNMU) are against the government’s proposed allowance for health workers involved in the COVID-19 vaccination process. According to a circular released last week by the ministry of public service, nurses who are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  84 percent of health workers have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 according to records from the ministry of health. As of last week, only 24,093 health workers had gotten the vaccine. This according to health ministry officials is worrying and likely to increase vaccine hesitancy …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Telemedicine health provider, Rocket Health together with United Nations Development Programme have unveiled a project dubbed ‘Telemedicine for Tourism’ in Uganda to meet health needs of tourists visiting the country. Under this US$40,000 (approx.Shs144mn) project, a Rocket Health physician in one location can offer healthcare …