HEALTH

By Mary Asujo The Office of the Leader of Opposition in Parliament has protested the Health Ministry’s move to have pre-intern medics to pay for their internship placement, saying it...

By Mary Asujo MPs have tasked Uganda's Ministry of Finance to consider availing sufficient funds to avert incidents of mothers who dying while giving birth. This was during a debate...

Ghana became the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine that has been described as a "world-changer" by the scientists who developed it. The vaccine called R21 appears to...

By our reporter Hepatitis remains a public health challenge in Uganda and the commonest causes of viral hepatitis include one of the five heterotypes; A,B,C,D and E. Hepatitis is inflammation...

Worldwide, over 2 billion persons have been exposed to Hepatitis B Virus infection and the majority of these live in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. Hepatitis B is inflammation of...

Worldwide, statistics show that over 2 billion persons have been exposed to Hepatitis B infection and the majority of these live in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. Hepatitis is inflammation...

Ugandans have been urged to be conscious about Tuberculosis and undertake screening for TB as a measure to prevent spread of the disease. Officials from the Ministry of Health led...

Compiled by our reporter: Globally, mothers with Hepatitis B Virus infection constitute a special group of high risk for care because they can infect their infants with hepatitis B. In...

Compiled by our reporter: Hepatitis continues to be a public health burden in Uganda with an estimated 4.1% of the population aged 15-64 years having chronic hepatitis B infection. Hepatitis...

By Georgine Obwana It’s crucial to consider sex differences when crafting policies for optimal nutrition and health. There are key hormonal and physiologic discrepancies in the lifespan that influence nutritional...