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Mother’s relief as daughter given life-saving surgery by charity Mercy Ships

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Views: 0 A mother who lived in fear her daughter’s fast-growing tumor would suffocate her is rejoicing after a surgical charity gave her daughter life-saving surgery FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, December 4, 2023/ — Girl, three, had no surgeon who could treat her in home country of Sierra Leone; Charity in multi-year partnership with Ministry of Health to […]

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Museveni commissions HIV, Malaria self-test kits plant

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Views: 1 KAMPALA — President Yoweri Museveni, on Tuesday afternoon, commissioned Microhaem Scientifics (MHS), a state-of-the-art diagnostic manufacturing facility in Ntinda, near the capital Kampala. The diagnostic plant, a trailblazer in Sub-Saharan Africa, will produce high-quality yet affordable test kits across a range of diagnostics devices including HIV and malaria test kits that will make

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KCCA ED PRAISES AGHA KHAN UNIVERSITY AMBITIOUS HEALTH AND EDUCATION HUB IN KAMPALA

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Views: 1 The Executive Director of  Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Dorothy Kisaka, has commended the Aga Khan University (AKU) for its transformative project, which is set to revolutionize education and healthcare in Uganda. Kisaka on Friday paid a visit to the Aga Khan University’s site where Amin Mawji OBE, the Diplomatic Representative of the

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Bill to regulate consumption of alcohol tabled by Uganda’s Parliament

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Views: 1 A private member’s bill, the Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill, 2023, which seeks to regulate the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks, has been presented for its first reading to Parliament. The Bill, which also seeks to prohibit the sale of alcoholic drinks to children, was tabled during the House sitting on Tuesday,

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Mulago needs Shs25 billion to operationalize organ transplant unit

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Views: 1 The Organ Transplant Unit at Mulago National Referral Hospital is complete and has the required equipment but requires Shs25 billion to put it to full operation, the Chairperson of the Committee on Health, Dr. Charles Ayume, has told Parliament. Dr. Ayume told the House sitting on Tuesday 14 November 2023 that even with

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Ugandan MPs to push for functional theatres in regional health facilities

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Views: 1 Members of Parliament on the Committee on Health are pushing for functional operating theatres in health facilities in Kigezi sub-region. The MPs led by Hon. Nicholas Kamara (FDC, Kabale Municipality) are in the sub-region to assess the status of health service delivery in hospitals and health centres. While at Busanza Health Centre IV

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Kampala,Uganda:Minister appeals for three-phase transformers to power hospitals

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Views: 1 ELECTRICITY: Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has appealed for three-phase transformers to power hospital equipment across the country Parliament: The deficient power supply to hospitals across the country poses a challenge in operating key equipment, the Minister of Health, Hon. Jane Ruth Aceng, has told MPs. Aceng said that despite the procurement of high

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THE HEALTH SECTOR IN UGANDA

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Views: 166 Meet  Lt. Col.(Dr) Ivan Edwards, the first flight Surgeon of Ugandan descent in the US Military (R) and Major (Dr) Rachael Nambusi,the first female flight Surgeon of Ugandan descent.Both are US Air Force Flight Surgeons.  Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/Photo/KMA Updates. In their view, critical issues such as the very fragmented and ill equipped

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Tayebwa tells Gov’t to go slow on birth control for 15-year-old girls

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Views: 1 KAMPALA – The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Thomas Tayebwa, has stopped a new plan crafted by Health ministry officials to allow young girls from the age of 15 to use condoms, implants, birth control pills and other family planning methods. The Deputy Speaker who chaired the House on Tuesday, gave a livid

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New mum collapsed and died seconds after seeing her baby son for the first time

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Views: 1 Bernadette Horsey, of Beeston, went into a cardiac arrest and died shortly after giving birth to her son, Tim, at the Royal Derby Hospital (Picture: Aaron Horsey/BPM Media/PA) A new mum only saw her baby for a few seconds before suffering a ‘profound, catastrophic collapse’ from which she never recovered, an inquest has

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