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Uganda and the Cost of Prejudice

Uganda loses between 2-3% of its Gross Domestic Product due to structural and institutional discrimination, according to a Study by Ministry of Gender and Labor, Economic Policy Research Centre and…

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…

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…

Uganda’s Health and COVID-19 Management

By Dr Kizza Besigye HEALTH (especially public health) is a PUBLIC GOOD that’s created through collective choice; paid for collectively; and supplied to recipients without charge (or below cost). That’s…

Ending Mental Health Stigma One Conversation at a Time – My Story

Do we have a responsibility as people with mental illnesses to talk about it to help diminish the stigma? I wish we didn’t have to but we have to; it…

Why Uganda needs a National Health Insurance Scheme

Uganda is developing a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) law to pool resources, where the rich will subsidise the treatment of the poor and the healthy will subsidise the treatment…