Health
UN Launches $15.8 Million Emergency Appeal For Uganda’s Ebola Response
The United Nations (UN) has launched an emergency appeal for US$15.8 million to support Uganda’s Ebola response as the number of confirmed cases of the deadly Bundibugyo strain rose to seven, with more than 300 contacts currently under active follow-up.
Read More »Court Clears URA to Enforce UGX 18.5 Billion Tax Against Nile Breweries
The Commercial Division of the High Court has dismissed with costs an application by Nile Breweries Uganda Limited seeking to block the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) from collecting 18.5 billion Shillings in disputed taxes.
Read More »UVRI to Lead Global Polio Elimination Efforts with New Reference Laboratory
The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) has been tasked with leading global efforts to eliminate polio through a new reference laboratory set to open at its Entebbe-based facility.
Read More »Kikuube Authorities Close DRC Border Points Over Ebola Outbreak in Eastern Congo
Authorities in Kikuube District have temporarily closed Uganda’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following an Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC.
Read More »Man Beaten to Death over Cigarette
A 30-year-old man has been beaten to death in Kyaterekera Sub-county, Kagadi District. The deceased has been identified as Saturday Justus, a resident of Kiyenzi Village in Kyaterekera Sub-county.
Read More »Ugandans Should Not Have to Choose Between Surgery and Poverty
For too long, the story of surgery in Uganda has carried an unavoidable fear: the fear that getting the care you need might push your family into poverty.
Read More »Activists Demand Enforcement of Nutrition Standards to Combat Spina Bifida
The government has been urged to take immediate action to fortify staple foods with folic acid to prevent Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus.
Read More »Dj Rachael Launches Go-fund-me for Cancer Treatment
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.
Read More »NDA Orders Immediate Withdrawal of Anesthetic Drug from the Market
The National Drug Authority -NDA has withdrawn an anesthetic drug from the market following complaints from health facilities that the drug is inefficient.
Read More »Museveni Pledges to Recruit 1,400 Health Inspectors to Curb Drug Theft
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
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