Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of children diagnosed with cancer in Uganda is still very low according to Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI). Dr. Joyce Balagadde Kambugu, a Consultant and Head of Pediatric Oncology at Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) says only 30% of children with cancer and cancer-related ailments …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Heart Institute ( UHI) has handed back Uganda Cancer Institute premises that it has occupied for the last four years. UHI has been occupying the forth floor of UCI since 2016 after the health body was forced to move when renovations on Mulago …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moses Okiror had surgery for oral cancer at Uganda Cancer Institute-UCI earlier in March this year. He was put on chemotherapy for a month after which doctors discharged him to return home. But he couldn’t because of the ban of public and private means of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has made strides in treatment of childhood cancers. At a press conference held on Saturday at the Uganda Cancer Institute, Dr Jackson Orem the Executive Director said that unlike before, the institute is now better positioned to handle childhood cancer cases leading to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Cancer Institute has acknowledged that it cannot handle the illness that Bernhard Glaser, the German national accused of molesting Ugandan girls, is suffering from. Glaser, also known as Bery was found to have stage four cancer of the skin (Melanoma) and diabetes. Facing …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The cancer machine at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) is down awaiting servicing. For the past two weeks, patients seeking radiation treatment at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) have been bouncing after the Cobalt 60 radiotherapy machine closed down. According to Christine Namulindwa, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leukaemia Patients at the Uganda Cancer Institute are endangered as the facility starts rationing blood, in disregard of transfusion standards recommended for treatment of the cancer. People with leukaemia, need periodic blood transfusions to ensure that the disease does not interfere with the normal production …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cancer Institute plans to train 200 health workers in the next five years to manage cancer treatment. This will bring the number of health care workers to 400. The health workers will be trained in proper diagnosis of different types of cancers …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Cancer Institute on Thursday conducted free skin cancer screening for persons living with Albinism as Uganda joined the rest of the world to commemorate International Albinism Awareness day. The Albinism Awareness day is commemorated on June 13 globally as part of the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 80 percent of all childhood cancers are misdiagnosed according to medics at the Uganda Cancer Institute. They say that most childhood cancers cannot be diagnosed by health workers in lower health facilities and as a result, children are subjected to treatment regimens …
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