Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health experts from Mulago, Uganda’s National Referral Hospital and the University of Toronto, Canada have urged government to consider extensive research on the nodding disease syndrome, which continues to inflict pain and death among children in the Acholi sub-region. The experts who included Dr. Sylvester …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has adopted a report by the Health Committee recommending heavy fines and withdrawal of driving licenses for frequent victims of over speeding, driving under influence of alcohol, and reckless driving. This is one of the 17 recommendations in a report on the magnitude of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed the Uganda Human Organ Donation and Transplant Bill, 2022 setting tough penalties for dealing in human organs for commercial purposes. The Uganda Human Organ Donation and Transplant Bill, 2022 seeks to establish a legal framework for organ, cell and tissue transplant in Uganda. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Committee of Health have promised to lobby government for better health services in the Busoga sub-region. The legislators made the call following an incident that highlighted the glaring gaps in the health sector within the region. The incident involved a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliaments Committee on Health has said it plans to meet persons who have encroached on the 10 acres for Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) in Naguru. The 10 acres of land is for the construction of a state-of-the-art cardiac facility that will facilitate the treatment of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Executive Director of the Uganda Heart Institute, Dr John Omangino has defended a 264 Billion Shillings loan request for establishing a Centre of Cardiac Excellence. Dr. Omagino on Wednesday appeared before Parliament’s Health Committee which is considering the loan request for the infrastructure development …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MPs on the Health Committee have concluded a week-long oversight visit to health facilities in eastern Uganda, where health workers there have pleaded with lawmakers to expeditiously address the challenge of dilapidated facilities. The health workers say that service delivery has been greatly affected by …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Committee on Health have cited incompetence as the major cause of delays in completion of the Lubowa Specialized Hospital which they say reflects failure on the side of government. Members of Parliament said the reasons given by the Health Minister, Dr. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of development partners in the health sector have proposed to Parliament to include quarantine centres in the Public Health (Amendment) Bill, 2021 currently being processed by the Committee on Health. The health partners who were represented by officials from World Health Organisation (WHO) and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has defended the amendment to the Public Health Act saying that it is important to revise the penalties in the law and also consider emerging diseases like COVID-19, Ebola and others. Dr. Aceng appeared before Parliament’s Committee …
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