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Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) has completed five closed heart surgeries during a surgical health camp at Lira Regional Referral Hospital (LRRH), focusing on repairing congenital heart defects. This marks the fourth closed heart surgery camp conducted in various Regional Referral Hospitals across the …

Why Health Minister Aceng is ‘quiet’ on numbers COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda is in the midst of yet another episode of the hemorrhagic fever Ebola following a Jan.30 announcement by Dr. Diana Atwine, the Ministry of Health’s Permanent Secretary. In a hastily arranged press conference in the …

The country has so far reported over 200 confirmed cases and one death Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | As part of ongoing efforts to combat Mpox in Uganda, the United States Mission in Uganda, through its public health agency, the U.S. Centres for Disease Control (CDC), has donated an additional …

  Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council has been granted access to Jinja cemetery. This is after the route to access the facility was blocked by personnel from UPDF’s engineering brigade who were contracted to construct a perimeter wall along the 4.6-acre land, which was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has classified 23 districts on the Uganda-DRC border as high risk for potential importation of the monkey virus MPOX. The Minister of Health, Jane Ruth Aceng said five of teh 23 districts are hosting refugees from DRC, while Kampala is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health (MOH) has signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with global NGO ICHAD to carry out research that addresses the financial, mental health, and educational needs of families and children affected by among others the HIV/AIDs epidemic. According to Fred …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Researchers at Makerere University have released new research findings on Nodding disease declaring that the epidemic left more than 10% of sufferers severely disabled. Releasing the findings on Tuesday, Richard Idro a Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health told journalists that they have also found …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng has launched the scale-up of Minimally Invasive Surgeries and state-of-the-art endoscopy center at Mulago National Referral Hospital. The centre located on the second flow of the hospital was set up with support from the Korea International Cooperation Agency(KOICA). Speaking …

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda has said the anti-malaria medicines worth 1.1 million U.S. dollars donated by China will greatly help curb the epidemic in the east African country. Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said the country last year experienced an upsurge in cases of malaria, which spread to more …

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda’s Ministry of Health said Friday that international donors have significantly cut funding to malaria projects in the country over global crises including conflicts and climate change. Jimmy Opigo, head of the National Malaria Control Division at the Ministry of Health, told reporters in Kampala, …