All posts tagged "Health"

Editor

Lessening your chances of a deadly heart attack

February is a heart health awareness month during which the world ought to be sharing information...

Health

Blood shortage; symptom of poor governance, donor dependence

Uganda is experiencing an acute blood shortage that has forced surgeons across the country to suspend...

News

Attack on Dr. Obuku sends shivers among medics

The President of the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) Dr. Obuku Ekwaro is admitted at Case Medical...

News

Evidence of health risks and Cellphone use grows

The connection between cell phone radiation and health risks is far from settled – but it’s...

Analysis

Doctors strike: Why higher pay alone can’t fix healthcare

More than better salaries will deliver healthcare The strike by health workers in most government hospitals...

Health

No salary enhancement for Doctors now-Gov`t

The Government of Uganda has urged striking medical workers to return to duty as they await...

Health

Reasons for high rates of tooth decay in Uganda

Dentists from California, in the USA, have observed that lack of dental education is the leading...

Health

Health ministry clarifies on ‘Viral Hemorrhagic Fever outbreak’

The Ministry of Health has clarified that the suspected cases of a viral hemorrhagic fever outbreak...

Health

Hepatitis B hits epidemic proportions with more than 3.5m Ugandans infected

Hepatitis B, a disease that attacks the liver, causing cirrhosis (scarring of the organ) and cancer...

Health

Is TB more deadly than HIV/Aids?

Tuberculosis is raging silently in the villages and towns across Uganda but the disease appears to...