Administrators of Kabale University are walking with their heads high following acquisition of the pioneer mental wellness centre as one of the newest among the innumerable advantages the community derives from the institute, which has given rise to hopes of taming symptoms of anxiety and depression, sometimes escalating to a point where victims may contemplate suicide. […]
A new project to scale up essential lifesaving care for sickle cell disease sufferers and to reverse the current trend of the leading cause of childhood illnesses and death in Uganda has been kicked off in the country beginning in Kayunga district. The Project known as Scaling Up Lifesaving Care for Children with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) […]
President Museveni also thanked God for the life of Dr. Atwine, describing her as the most prominent survivor of catastrophes in Uganda. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has saluted the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Diana Atwine for being a reliable cadre of the National Resistance Movement (NRM). “I want to salute Atwine […]
The Ministry of Health has been cleared to recruit critical staff in national and regional referral hospitals despite the ban on recruitment. The Public Service Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Catherine Bitarakate in a letter to her counterpart at the Health Ministry, Diana Atwine said only hospitals with a surplus wage can go ahead to recruit. The […]
The State House Anti-corruption Unit is investigating allegations of bribery involved in the the deployment of medical interns. Seven medical interns were scheduled for interrogation on Thursday in the continuing investigation into concerns of corruption and bribery within medical internship deployment. The invited interns are currently deployed at Mulago, Arua, St. Kizito Hospital Matany, […]
Open letter to Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital By Nkono Yeeko – The tale of Unsatisfied Father of a Deceased Preterm Baby OUR NASTY EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL WALLS OF Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital (MSWNH) It’s a well-built and facilitated storeyed National Hospital specializing in women and new-born babies. As you enter […]
The government through the Ministry of Health has vowed to double efforts in the fight against preeclampsia, the second leading killer of women in Uganda. The permanent secretary Ministry of Health, Dr. Diana Atwine said this will be achieved through strengthening the efforts in improving access to information, knowledge, screening and care for patients with preeclampsia […]