Health

Over 1000 medical students have dragged the Minister of Health, Dr Ruth Aceng and the Attorney General to High Court in Kampala challenging the new internship policy. Check Also: Uganda To Set Up Mental Health Facility For Soldiers They claim the new internship policy restricts their access to supervised practical training at various centres. Led by Emma Amadriyo, the group is ...

One Kenyan may soon place the country as the first nation whose citizen found a vaccine and a cure for HIV. Check Also: The Man Who Created H I V-AIDS VIRUS Finally Discovers Vaccine Prof Thumbi Ndung’u – head of Kwazulu Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV pathogenesis — has been studying the virus for 27 years, as well as ...

In the United States alone, 1.25 million people suffer from type 1 diabetes. A vaccine used over 100 years ago for tuberculosis (bacillus Calmette-Guerin ) has shown promise in reversing this disease. This vaccine is now commonly used for treating bladder cancer and is considered to be safe. Check also: 5 Symptoms Of Diabetes You Should Not Ignore An announcement made ...

Patients and their caretakers could go without water for days after the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) issued a one-week disconnection ultimatum over a Shs800m water debt owed by Mulago National Referral Hospital. Check also: Cancer patients in uganda to wait for 2 years Mulago Hospital management has now appealed to the government to intervene. Dr Byarugaba Baterana, the ...

Kampala — The ministry of health has confirmed containment of yellow fever in the country following a successful vaccination campaign in the affected areas. Check also: Ugandan Government To Take 400 Cancer Patients To Kenya For Treatment While addressing journalists at the Uganda Media Centre on Tuesday, Professor Anthony Mbonye, the Acting Director of General Health Services said there was no ...