Health

Uganda Aids Commission boss Christine Ondoa

National HIV/Aids information center launched

Reporter | March 31, 2015

In a move meant to raise the level of awareness, the Uganda AIDS commission has today launched a national HIV/AIDS information center. The center is meant to provide timely information on new research findings about the HIV/AIDS scourge. The director of the commission Dr. Christine Ondoa says the country has […]

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Uganda on the spot again over Global Fund money

Reporter | March 30, 2015

Uganda is again in the spot light over Global Fund money. This time it’s over failure by the ministry of health to distribute food to about 200 Tuberculosis patients. About US$300,000 was disbursed by the Global Fund to the National TB and Leprosy Programme to cater for feeding Multi Drug […]

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Hepatitis B charity walk kicks off at Kololo

Reporter | March 29, 2015

The National Organization of People Living with Hepatitis B has organized a charity walk aimed at raising funds for purchase of a DNA Viral Load Machine. The walk started a short while ago from Kololo Airstrip at 8am and the event intended to raise over Sh.500m is expected to be […]

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EAC approves construction of centers of excellence

Reporter | March 25, 2015

The East African Community member states have approved a resolution that will see construction of five centers of excellence in the region. These will include a cancer treatment, to be constructed in Uganda, a Kidney Treatment Center in Kenya, and a modern heart institute in Tanzania. Rwanda and Burudi will […]

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60,000 Ugandans infected with TB every year, WHO

Reporter | March 24, 2015

Upto 60,000 Ugandans get infected with Tuberculosis every year and only 40,000 are diagnosed. This is according to latest figured released by the World Health Organisation. The revelation has been made at the national celebrations to mark the World Tuberculosis Day in Gulu district. Meanwhile, speaking at the same event […]