Health

Malaria, globally, makes 3.3 billion people in over 106 countries at risk of the disease but as the World celebrates Malaria’s Day on Monday,[1] In Geneva  the World’s health Organization has promised to create a malaria free environment in some states.[2] Check also: Bill Gates & UK Pledged £3 Billion To Fight Malaria Six countries in Africa, the continent where ...

KAMPALA – Thousands of cancer patients in Uganda will be left untreated for months after the nation’s only radiotherapy / Cancer treatment Machine broke down, triggering public criticism about underfunding in the health system weeks after the president’s re-election. Check also: Ugandan Government To Take 400 Cancer Patients To Kenya For Treatment The device, bought in 1995 and sited at the ...

Following the breakdown of the country’s sole radiotherapy machine at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Government has selected 400 patients to be taken to Kenya for treatment. The Ministry of Health this week entered a deal with Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi to offer radiotherapy services to the selected patients. Check also: Bobi wine sent a message to the government about ...

Self proclaimed ‘Ghetto’ President,singer Bobi Wine has finally come out and aired his concern about the Cancer Machine that broke down last week at Mulago. Check also: Cancer patients in Uganda to wait for 2 years THE CANCER PROBLEM! I have lost many personal friends to cancer, and I am aware that the only radiotherapy machine in Uganda has broken ...

About 2,000 cancer patients in need of radiotherapy treatment in Uganda will have to wait for about two years to receive relief from unbearable pain following a breakdown of an old Cobalt 60 radiotherapy machine last month. Check also:Cervical Cancer: There’s life after cancer The breakdown of the machine has caused national and international public outcry and has attracted widespread ...