Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA – URN | The Uganda Medical Association (UMA) has written to the government asking it to address low staffing levels and lack of necessary equipment in regional referral hospitals across the country. In an interview on Wednesday, the UMA Secretary General Dr Mukuzi Muhereza narrated …
Read More »Medical Association seeks compensation for COVID-19 positive health workers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Medical Association wants the 27 health workers that have so far tested positive for coronavirus disease to be compensated. Dr Richard Idro, the President of the association told Uganda Radio Network in an interview that they had written to the permanent secretaries …
Read More »Uganda Medical Association wants health workers to lay down tools over lack of PPE
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors under the Uganda Medical Association want medical workers to lay down their tools if they are not provided with Personal Protective Equipment- PPE. The doctors made the call on Tuesday at a press meeting. According to the association, the body has recorded …
Read More »A quarter of Ugandan adults suffer from hypertension-Study
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A quarter of Ugandan adults suffer from hypertension most especially people from 40 years of age onwards. This is part of the findings of a study conducted across the country by the Uganda Medical Association. The study indicates that between 27 up to 32% adults …
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