Right to Play, partners boost adolescent health services
Uthman Bagonzi, the project officer working with Right to Play, emphasized the purpose of the materials.
Category: Health
Prescription for disaster: Uganda’s antibiotic time bomb
Unchecked self-medication is fueling antibiotic resistance, threatening millions of lives, and exposing the deadly cracks in Uganda’s healthcare system.
Yumbe’s sweet solution: How solar dried mangoes became a lifeline for vulnerable homes
For the past seven years, Asiko has been scrimping and saving from donations. Early this year, he used his saving to buy a solar dryer worth two million Uganda shillings.
Jane Frances Acilo promises health coverage in Oyam
“We want health services and to be healthy. Health is our wealth,” Evaline Angom, a resident of Anyalu village, Adyeda parish, Loro sub-county, told tndNews.
Breaking the silence: Rights and health on the frontlines in Northern Uganda
For many in Northern Uganda, the nearest health center is hours away, often under-resourced and understaffed but even where services exist, stigma and fear keep many away, particularly young people, sex workers and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Loro: Hundreds turned up on Tuesday for Jane Acilo Foundation medical camp
Jane Frances Acilo has earmarked health, education, wealth creation; women and youth economic empowerment as her main agenda.
Gates Foundation announces catalytic funding for women-centered research and innovation
The Gates Foundation’s investments through 2030 to catalyze innovation in maternal, menstrual, gynecological, and sexual health for women globally
Health Minister Dr. Aceng launches Maruzi North medical camp
The Maruzi North Medical Camp will run from July 29 to July 31, 2025, at Atar Health Center II.
Mental Health in Uganda: discrepancy in funding undermines services—Derrick Kizza
Irera Charles, Principal Psychiatric Clinical Officer heading the Mental Health Unit at Lira Regional Referral Hospital, said they have a 32-bed capacity unit for male and female patients.
Amolatar launches physical fitness club to enhance well-being and service delivery
Amolatar District Health Officer (DHO), Dr. Jimmy Odongo emphasized the multifaceted benefits of physical fitness, which include maintaining health, managing stress, enhancing brain function, and ensuring proper blood circulation.
Uncounted, unhealed: Uganda’s silent surgical crisis!
Like fistula, cleft lip and palate is managed in silos, missing from strategic health investment frameworks.
Stanbic Bank boosts Palabek Kal Health Centre IV with shs16 million medical equipment
Pamela Alwoch, Manager of Stanbic Bank’s Kitgum branch, stressed that this is not a one-off effort.