Since FDC lost the 2011 elections, the party has been calling for the consciensitisation of the masses as a precursor to ...

President Museveni has commissioned Piston Medical Factory in Matugga, marking a significant step towards local manufacturing of critical medical products.The factory is set to produce both Large ...

KAMPALA - President Yoweri Museveni has launched Piston Medical Ltd, a state-of-the-art pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Namanve Industrial Park. ;The plant will produce intravenous fluids and ...

A total of 152 new Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) have been commissioned in Nakaseke District to bolster healthcare delivery and connect remote communities with health facilities.The ...

Health experts have raised concerns over the growing number of Ugandans living with Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), many of whom remain unaware of their condition.Experts estimate that at least 70% ...

The health ministry has urged health workers to embrace healthcare integration of services in all government hospitals.Ministry permanent secretary Diana Atwine made the call during the closure of a ...

RONALD MUSOKE | The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has boosted Uganda’s ongoing fight against Ebola and ...

“We still have a serious challenge with sickle cell disease, which contributes to 20% of under-five mortality every year.

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), has provided 14.4 billion Shillings to the Ministry of Health to combat public health emergencies, ...

Not only does the 35-year-old fear for his own survival as he takes life-saving anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs - but he says he ...

Dr Diana Atwine, the top civil servant at the ministry ... He has about 30 days left of his ARV medication - and may opt to leave Kampala and go home to his village after that.