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Rwanda to buy Drugs from Uganda
Rwanda will start buying drugs from Uganda .
According to the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame who is on a 3-day State Visit says, his Government is committed to supporting the activities of Quality Chemicals Limited and promised that Rwanda...
Jinja Hospital medics strike
A strike by student-doctors, pharmacists and nurses at Jinja Hospital entered a second day yesterday over alleged failure by the government to pay their emoluments. The situation forced management to temporarily outsource medical consultants...
“Have a Thorough Medical Check-up” – President Museveni
President Yoweri Museveni hascalled on the people to always strive to undergo thorough medical examinationsto ensure good health.
He gave the advice yesterday inKabale Town Council, Isingiro district during the funeral of his nephew, thelate...
Dr.Museveni Has Urged Bundibugyo Locals Against Eating Monkey Meat
Bundibugyo: President Yoweri Museveni has urged thepeople of Bundibugyo to stop eating monkey meat which is linked to the deadly Ebolavirus. The President, who laid wreaths at the graves of medical personnel whodied of Ebola while treating the...
The Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic Shows that the Epidemic Has Slowed Considerably Since the Mid-1990s.
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic 2011 released here Monday by the United Nations shows that the Caribbean continues to have the second highest regional HIV prevalence after sub-Saharan Africa, but that the epidemic...
Circumcision is more harm than good
It’s close to becoming a must-have “accessory” of sorts. It’s the new fad that’s having many men flocking hospitals, traditional healers, name it, requesting for the surgical removal of their foreskin.
Male circumcision is the one...
Kisipi’ spells a weak immunity
You have probably heard about or seen someone with shingles or herpes zoster locally known a kisiipi, famously known as a skin infection showing the signs of advanced stages of HIV/AIDS. The rash spreads in a vertical or horizontal strap,...
UN HIV/Aids targets
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a new declaration to have 15 million more people living with HIV/Aids globally put on treatment by 2015.
The declaration, which was agreed to at the end of a high level Aids review meeting...
Side effects of quinine
On an early Tuesday morning, a young girl was carried into Kiboga Hospital by her worried mother. She had been referred from Mubende Hospital. Prior to this, the child had suffered from malaria and been treated. A nurse from a nearby clinic...
blood crisis hits Lira Hospital
One of the lucky women who have successfully given birth from Lira Hospital
Only days after a distraught couple sued the Jinja Regional Referral Hospital over neglect that they allege caused the death of their new born baby, two women who...
