Gulu district targets to eliminate trachoma by 2020
By Acàyo Rita Hope Gulu district has planned to eliminate trachoma after a number of…
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Why NEMA suspended operations of Bukona Agro Processors
By Komakech Jimmy Details have emerged as to why the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)…
Breastfeeding women to get Ebola vaccine in WHO-Ebola U-turn
By Komakech Jimmy Pregnant and breastfeeding women will be given the experimental Ebola vaccine, making…
Ebola: Gulu district health workers trained on case management
By Jimmy Komakech Madira Kefa a public health officer at Uganda’s Ministry of Health said…
Gulu: Psychiatric patients risk contracting more infections
Gulu regional referral hospital that has no any other dumping site except one in front of the…
Deputy speaker’s shs6.5m for ‘his ambulance’ repair stolen
By Daniel Ojara Lalogi health center IV in Omoro district which is soon to be…
In 60 days, Black Quarter kills 500 livestock in Omoro district
By Daniel Ojara Omoro district farmers have urged district veterinary department in to carry out massive…
German Flying Doctors treat hundreds in Gulu
Team of doctors from Germany conducted dental services to hundreds of people in Gulu district.…
Chased from Kampala, HIV+ woman stranded in Gulu
By Norine Adokorach Gulu Regional Referral Hospital is stuck with a woman chased from Kampala…
Oyam’s HIV/AIDS prevalence shocker, at 7 percent, 15,000 positive
The northern Uganda district of Oyam is grappling with the burden of HIV/AIDS infections…
Health Ministry urges Oyam on non-communicable diseases
An official at the Health Ministry asked the public to be critical on non-communicable diseases…
Gulu health workers’ absenteeism at 50 percent – DHO
Fifty percent of health workers in Gulu district are not attending to their respective duties…