Health

The government has been urged to take immediate action to fortify staple foods with folic acid to prevent Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus.

US-based former Club Silk DJ and producer Rachael Kungu, commonly known as DJ Rachael, has launched an appeal for donations totaling $100,000 approximately Ugx 350,000,000 to support her cancer treatment.

The National Drug Authority -NDA has withdrawn an anesthetic drug from the market following complaints from health facilities that the drug is inefficient.

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Presidential Candidate, General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has announced plans to recruit more than 1,400 health inspectors for Health C

The Police at Wandegeya, in partnership with the National Drug Authority (NDA) have arrested an individual identified as Ogwenga Nicholas and recovered illegal drugs in Nakasero that were being falsely marketed as treatment for hypertension.

The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs, Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, has criticized the Ministry of Health for failing to declare an emergency over the outbreak of Cholera in Amuru district despite rising deaths and infections.

Experts attending an event to mark World Breastfeeding Week in Kampala have urged the government to set up human milk banks at public hospitals, noting that babies are unnecessarily being initiated on milk supplements too early, affecting their survival and health outcomes later in life.