Category: Health
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How NMS is using technology to stop public hospitals from having medicines stolen
Ten years ago, in-charges of health facilities would make paper-based orders to National Medical Stores (NMS) for medicine deliveries. Quite often, mistakes would happen in making orders and sometimes, these papers would get lost. Moreso, paper-based work was so time-consuming and laborious. In 2019, NMS partnered with USAID to digitize the health supply chain known…
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Health boss bets Shs6.7m for Zombo medics on Argentina/Saudi game, loses
By Our Reporter A health worker in Zombo district has lost a staggering Shs6,700,000 meant to pay polio campaign health worker to sports betting. Nasser Kerim, a health worker from Zeu health center III in Zombo district is in trouble for losing the money meant for the just concluded polio vaccination campaign in sports betting.…
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Government Urged To Capitalize SRHR To Avoid Challenges Arising From It
The rate at which informal urban settlements (slums) are developing in Low and Middle Income. Countries (LMICs) like Uganda are high. With this, comes the growing intersection between urbanization and the reproductive health of key populations. Currently, a number of interventions are being implemented to improve the Sexual Reproductive Health (SRHR) of adolescents in Uganda. …
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Renal Agenesis; The condition when you are born with one kidney (The Dos & Don’ts)
From Agencies Renal agenesis is a condition in which a newborn is missing one or both kidneys. Unilateral renal agenesis (URA) is the absence of one kidney. Bilateral renal agenesis (BRA) is the absence of both kidneys. Both types of renal agenesis occur in fewer than 1 percent of births annually, according to the March…
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The worst foods for Diabetics (Even Ones That Seem Healthy)
In 2015, over 9% of the American population had diabetes, and that number has only grown. Diabetes is a chronic disease that influences the body’s response to insulin. Once people get diagnosed with diabetes, their diet significantly changes. Some foods that appear healthy are actually detrimental. Many contain hidden sugars, preservatives, and salts that can…
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Uganda Ebola outbreak: First death recorded in capital Kampala
Photo caption: A health worker puts on PPE at the Ebola Treatment Centre in Mubende Regional Referral Hospital on 10 October, 2022 By Patience Atuhaire BBC News, Kampala An Ebola patient has died at a hospital in Uganda’s capital, the health ministry has confirmed. He was the 19th victim in the current outbreak of the…
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ALLIGATOR PEPPER (AMATEHE or AMATUNGULU); Say goodbye to ulcers with this amazing natural fruit
By Jack Atwiine In my home town of Ibanda, there is a place called Katehe where we used to pick these wildly grown edibles called Alligator Pepper aka “amatehe” in my local dialect whenever we would go there to pick clay baked bricks and swamp stems “enfunjo” for building our classrooms and handiwork activities respectively…
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Ebola lockdown unnecessary- Museveni
By Our Reporter President Yoweri Museveni has said a lockdown following the outbreak of Ebola is not necessary, but asked Ugandans to remain vigilant and avoid body contact with another one. The president was addressing Ugandans in a televised speech this evening (Wednesday). This comes after Ebola infections have risen across districts in Uganda, bringing…
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EBOLA: Police issues new health guidelines 
Our Reporter The IGP has tasked all Police Officers to ensure they follow the Health and Safety guidelines in place, while carrying out their policing duties, amidst the new threats of the EBOLA virus. As of 24.09.2022, the Ministry of Health, indicated 5 new cases thus bringing the cumulative cases to 34 EVD case patients,…
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(PHOTOS) Flavia Tumusiime’s Nella Organics hosts wellness experience 
By Our Writer With the kind of lifestyle most Ugandans live, there is a need to take care of it and with Nella Organics now here, you have the solution. At Nella, they say a healthy lifestyle is something they refine over time not overnight. On Saturday, Nella Organics hosted a wellness experience and healthy…