Terra Renaissance, a Nongovernmental organization working towards zero tolerance to the stigmatization of Covid-19 survivors, wants many stakeholders should be brought on board to address public stigma.
Health
Posted inAgriculture / Food
ESAFF calls for efforts to promote food safety to avert food-borne infections
ESAFF works by nurturing the participation of small scale farmers in sustainable development processes, capacity building and institutional development
Posted inHealth
C-Care Uganda opens Lira city clinic branch
C-Care Uganda owns C-Care IMC and C-Care IHK – formerly International Hospital Kampala (IHK) with at least 19 C-Care clinics across the country.
Posted inWASH
Communities in Teso supported with bio-sand filters for safe water
The bio-sand filter mechanism given to the people of Eastern Uganda is a simple household water treatment device.
Posted inHealth
Inadequate staffing hits Yumbe regional referral hospital
Yumbe referral hospital has 6 doctors, with only one specialist, a pediatric and child health with no consultants,” Dr Patrick Odong said.
Posted inHealth
Kwania MP, Ayoo blames LGBTQ promoters for the current DNA debate
The government has been asked to regulate DNA labs across the country as results show that many men are fathering children they have not produced.
Posted inHealth
Deputy Speaker Tayebwa asks government to regulate DNA labs
Recent DNA results have shown that majority of men are not fathers to children under their care.
Posted inHealth / Opinion
Robust health systems could stem climate-related rising cases of malaria
While governments continue to use treated bed nets and indoor residual spraying as primary tools for combating malaria-causing mosquitoes, these mosquitoes can now survive exposure to insecticides, allowing them to continue transmitting malaria.
Posted inHealth / Letter
Drop the proposed internship policy
UPC appeals to the government to go slow on the internship decisions and instead give the health sector a priority in funding.
Posted inHealth
More kidney patients go to Lira Regional Referral Hospital for dialysis
Dialysis is the process of removing excess water and toxins from the blood in people whose kidneys can no longer perform these functions naturally.
Posted inCOVID-19 / From the President
Positive Museveni speaks, “I have been very cautious with Corona”
Museveni: I have, therefore, got the second forced leave in the last 53 years, ever since 1971, when we started fighting Idi Amin.
Posted inCOVID-19
Confirmed: President Museveni is Covid-19 positive
While delivering the State of Nation Address on Wednesday, President Museveni did announced that he had tested for Covid-19 after feeling cold in the morning.