MP Aguti delivers vital medical equipment to Dokolo HCIV
MP Aguti revealed that the process of lobbying for this equipment from the Ministry of Health began last year, immediately after she entered the Parliament of Uganda.
Category: Health
Youth and adolescent corners transform lives in Otuke, but donor exit sparks fears for the future
At age 17, Amongi Norata recalls sitting silently in her classroom when peer educators from Atangwat Health Centre III Youth Friendly Corner (YFC) visited to talk to them.
USA vs most of the world: Will human rights to health and gender equality take primacy?
USA government leader Robert Kennedy Junior (often referred to for his anti-vaccination stance) said that he will not support “taxes on unhealthy products.”
Why does malaria still evade Africa despite all our knowledge!
“Despite decades of research, innovation, and proven tools, Africa still loses hundreds of thousands of women and children to malaria, a crisis of financing, policy, and sustained national action.”
Adjumani records just 2 maternal mortalities in 9 months
Uthman Bagonza, the project manager at Right to Play, said as far as the Share Project is concerned, there is more focus on ensuring that the adolescent girls and boys have access to services like education and health.
Uganda should adopt a positive response strategy to suicide
In Uganda, recent data from Mental Health Uganda’s toll-free counselling line recorded 1,023 cases of suicidal ideation in 2024, with males accounting for 66.4% and females 33.6%.
Amolatar health centre IV gets a type B ambulance
Dr. Agness Atim Apea, the Woman Member of Parliament for Amolatar, speaking on behalf of Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero, the Minister of Health, said the ambulance comes free of charge in accordance with government guidelines.
“Access to abortion is a human rights issue” says UN SR on Right To Health
Dr. Mable Bianco: “We categorically denounced that the restrictive laws for abortion and sexual and reproductive health in our countries are creating high maternal mortality and morbidity rates.”
At 18, Pavin Masudio is championing girls’ menstrual health in Adjumani
With no parental guidance and no access to pads, Pavin Masudio was forced to tear pieces of her own clothes to use as makeshift sanitary materials.
Dr. Irene Namae’s paper on the health rights of indigenous people
Her paper titiled the “Eviction of Indigenous Peoples and Its Impact on Their Right to Health” focused on one ingenious people, the Batwa
80th UNGA must act to stop regressive pushbacks against health and gender
“As we are looking ahead to the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) this month, my call to African leaders is that countries cannot afford ‘polite promises’ any longer.”
The antibiotic lottery: How Northern Uganda’s Doctors are playing Russian roulette with your health
Every reckless prescription pushes us closer to a future where antibiotics no longer work.