HEALTH

Courtesy of Parliament Press KAMPALA, 17 November 2025 -Stakeholders in the fight against malaria have made a clarion call to Members of Parliament to give precedence to malaria prevention in...

KAMPALA, UGANDA: October 4, 2025 — The Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda (PSU) has issued a strong statement, warning that the country’s healthcare system is sitting on a “time bomb” after...

KAMPALA, 26 MARCH 2025: A coalition of public health activists has accused the tobacco industry of interfering with government policies aimed at controlling tobacco use in Uganda. During a press...

The Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) and AHF Uganda Cares, organisation HIV/AIDS services, have called for allocation of Shs300 billion to cater for critical drugs and laboratory supplies. Officials from the...

In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners launched a first-ever clinical efficacy trial for a vaccine from Ebola from the Sudan...

“An outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease has been confirmed in Kampala, Uganda following confirmation from 3 National Reference Laboratories.” The Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Health, Dr. Diana...

Uganda has received a consignment of Hepatitis C drugs from Egypt, sufficient to vaccinate 500 patients. The drugs were received on Monday morning at Entebbe International Airport by the SFC...

His Excellency, President Kaguta Museveni on Monday met and held discussions with the Gavi Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Sania Nishtar and her team who are in the country. Dr. Sania...

Uganda’s Ministry of Health has launched the second round of Polio Vaccination in the eastern part of the country after the virus outbreak was reported in May this year. During...

The first round of Polio Vaccination Campaign targeting children under the age of kicked off today and will cover 49 Districts in the Mbale Region. Representing the Minister for Health,...