Category: Health

Dr. Andrew Odur, the acting director of Lira regional referral hospital, informed the press about the hospital’s status and the health department’s struggle against non-communicable diseases.

Regarding specialised healthcare services, Dr. Odur revealed that the hospital is strengthening its capacity to offer advanced care in areas such as fertility treatment, neonatology, cardiology, neurotrauma, and endoscopy. 

Juliet Nakku, Executive Director of Butabika National Referral Hospital, made the revelation while appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Health.

Teenage mothers are at a higher risk of complications such as obstructed labour, anaemia, and even death during childbirth, a health official in Lamwo, said.

Kole North MP Dr. Acuti warned that failure to act could undermine healthcare delivery and compromise Uganda’s readiness to host AFCON matches.

The mayor of Kitgum municipality, Richard Okwera, praised the procurement and technical teams for successfully securing a contractor.

After getting diagnosed, it is very difficult to hold or retain people from key and other vulnerable populations all through the TB treatment, said Dr KP Singh.

In Northern Uganda, where poverty drives women to untrained local providers, the “harm” is hemorrhage, sepsis, and infertility.

Health workers in Acholi report that women often delay seeking care because they worry they will be reported to police or stigmatised by medical staff.

The Principal of the Defence Forces Institute of Health Sciences, Lt Apollo Muhumuza, described the ceremony as a historic milestone for the institution, noting that it marked the first graduation of its kind.

A fish trader, who requested anonymity and supplies fish from Kwania and Apac to Gulu, described the heavy losses incurred due to the poor quality of the fish being caught.