Health and Lifestyle Reporter, Author at Healthmagazine.co.ug

Ministry embarks on countrywide Infrastructure overhaul

Government, through Ministry of health, has embarked on infrastructure advancement, a move that the ministry Permanent Secretary Dr Diana Atwiine said is ‘Transformation geared towards attaining real value for money.’…

Global vaccine inequity and the paradox of covid-19 pandemic

The recent speech and address by H.E The President of the Republic of Uganda to the team of UN experts on COVID-19 vaccine access inequalities, raises fundamental global issues that should be addressed…

KACITA’s Everest Kayondo succumbs to Deadly Covid-19

Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) chairman Everest Kayondo has today succumbed to the deadly Covid-19 as Uganda battles the second wave of the pandemic. Kayondo died at Lifeline International Hospital…

COVID-19: Equity Bank Uganda Donates 2,000 Mosquito Nets Worth UGX 40 million for Market Vendors

Equity Bank Uganda Limited recently donated 2,000 mosquito nets worth UGX 40 million in partnership with Kampala Capital City Authority for market vendors. As per President Yoweri Museveni’s directive, market…

COVID-19 CONTROL: No Mask, Escape from Quarantine attract 2-month prison sentences

Moving outside home without a mask is criminal and attracts a two-month prison sentence, so is escaping from a quarantine or isolation facility. This is according to new Ministry health…

Technology

Inside National Medical Stores, move to digitize procurement, delivery of drugs

National Medical Stores has begun training all health workers across the country ahead of the rollout of the new NMS plus platform, an initiative which will be used to enhance…

MTN solar fridges boost covid-19 vaccination in refugee communities

Incidences of vaccines getting destroyed due to lack of refrigeration were common at the health Bidibidi health centre III which has been operational since 2016. “Within an average of four…

5 psychological illnesses expected to rise because of the COVID-19 pandemic

By Dr Emmanuel Mpamizo For the first time in recent history, the world has been brought to a standstill. Schools have been indefinitely closed, restrictions imposed on travel and public…

Key things HIV/AIDS patients should do to stay healthy

Every year, Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark World AIDS Day with observers noting that steps be taken to curb new infections on the rise. Although people…

Is sugar the new tobacco?

By Dr Benson Nasasira The origins of sugar are thought to have been on the Islands of Polynesia from where it spread to India. Emperor Darius of Persia then invaded…