Dr. Matthias Magoola, CEO and Founder of Dei BioPharma Ltd
Uganda is hosting the first-ever High-Level Conference on the TripleElimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, Syphilis, and HepatitisB.The Kampala 2025 conference is a turning point in Africa’s health journey,where integration, innovation, and collaboration can end mother-to-childtransmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B.Uganda’s Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, has welcomeddignitaries and health leaders, […]
The Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council (UMDPC) is a professional regulatory body under the Ministry of Health, responsible for ensuring training and control over training standards, registration and licensing, monitoring and regulating the practice of medicine and dentistry in the country. UMDPC carries out its mandate of inspect training institutions, internship centres, and health […]
The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Annet Among, has revealed that Parliament will contribute Shs1bn towards the construction of the radiation bunkers at St. Francis Hospital Nsambya Cancer Unit.She said the donation is intended to complement the government’s efforts towards decongesting other institutions offering similar treatment across the country.The Speaker said President Yoweri Museveni gives Parliament […]
The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has asked the Ministry of Health to come up with a strategy on a countrywide spraying against mosquitoes so as to eliminate malaria in order to save lives and reduce the high costs of treating malaria.“I want you (Minister of Health, Dr. Ruth Aceng) and World Health Organisation (WHO) to […]
The Minister of State for Primary Health Care, Margaret Muhanga, has revealed that Uganda spends over $677,490,337 (Shs2.654Trn) to treat alcohol-related diseases in the country & called for the legal age for alcohol consumption to increase from 18 to 21years.“As Ministry of Health, we use an estimate of $677,490,337 to treat diseases that are caused […]
President Yoweri Museveni has re-emphasized the need for school authorities to fully implement free education policy in government schools to combat HIV/AIDS among adolescents aged 15 years and above.“You said that young people who are not in school are the most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS but also this is due to not listening to my advice […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tuesday commissioned a diagnostic test kit manufacturing plant, the first of its kind in the Great Lakes region.Situated in Ntinda, Nakawa Division, Kampala, the state of the art plant, Microhaem Scientifics (MHS) will support Uganda and the regional health sectors to develop local manufacturing capacity towards improving and sustaining the medical […]
As the country prepares to commemorate International World AIDS Day on the 1st of December 2023 in Rakai district, Dr. Nelson Musoba, the Director General of Uganda AIDS Commission, has made a positive report regarding the fight against the virus.Musoba speaking to journalists at Uganda Media Centre notes that the country has made significant progress […]
