Healthy Kidneys: What you need to do
March 13 is World Kidney Day. The 2025 campaign theme is, “Are your kidneys okay? Detect early, protect kidney health”. Kidneys play a silent yet vital role of keeping us…
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Minister of Health receives and flags off Malaria vaccines to 105 Districts
Ugandan Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero has today officially flagged off the distribution of 2.278 million doses (out of a total quantity of 3.5 million doses) of…
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JCRC-ABT Successfully Treats First Patient – Elly Karuhanga with Advanced Stem Cell Therapy
The Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) in partnership with Asea BioTherapeutics (ABT) proudly announces a ground-breaking milestone in East Africa’s medical history – the successful treatment of their first client…
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Cholesterol and its effects on the body
You have probably heard someone being told not to eat certain foods because they contain a lot of cholesterol while being recommended to eat others.What is cholesterol? The World Health…
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National Health Insurance Scheme Could Be Solution to Uganda’s Public Health System
By Jordan Tumwesigye In October 2019, media, both mainstream and social, was awash with reports of how a leading hospital had detained four mothers over unpaid medical bills ranging from…
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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.’…
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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…
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Surviving Ebola in Luwero: Near death experience from deadly hemorrhagic fever
Since there has not been any known cure or real treatment for Ebola, once one is diagnosed with the fever, many believe chances of making it are next to none.…
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Foods that contain good natural sugar for the body
The sugar molecule is the simplest form of carbohydrate, according to MayoClinic.com. Sugar gets absorbed into the bloodstream and becomes blood sugar, or glucose, where it acts as fuel for…
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