NDA AND POLICE ARRESTS ARREST SEVEN PEOPLE IMPOUNDS DRUGS WORTH SHS 300M
The National Drug Authority (NDA), in collaboration with the Uganda Police, has carried out an enforcement operation in Ntoroko and Kyenjojo districts resulting in the...
Category : Health
FIRE GUTS NMS STORE, DESTROYS UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF MOSQUITO NETS
An unspecified number of mosquito nets is believed to have been destroyed after a fierce fire gutted a private warehouse rented by the National Medical...
PARLIAMENT SUMMONS HEALTH MINISTRY OVER USE OF ARVS IN POULTRY 
In a move aimed at curtailing the use of Antiretroviral (ARV) HIV drugs in poultry feeds and products, Parliament’s HIV/Aids Committee has summoned the Health...
UNLICENSED VETERINARY DOCTORS TO BE JAILED FOR SEVEN YEARS
A teacher at Kumari Primary School Bosco Atiku, 36yrs, in Koboko district has been jailed eight years after being convicted for defiling a 16-year-old. The...
DOCTORS START TRAINING IN SPECIALISED KIDNEY DISEASE TREATMENT
The Uganda Kidney Foundation (UKF) has said scientists in the country have started a training programme for qualified medical workers to gain specialised skills in...
HERBALIST RASHID LUKWAGO ARRESTED OVER UNAPPROVED DRUGS
A city herbalist, Rashid Ashiraf Lukwago, has been arrested in connection with unlawful possession of restricted sexual enhancement drugs, banned contraceptives and misleading treatment claims....
HEALTH MINISTRY DISPATCHES TEAM TO HELP IN CONTAINING CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN KAYUNGA AND NAMAYINGO DISTRICTS
The Health Ministry has dispatched its teams of scientists to support leaders in Namayingo and Kayunga districts in containing the outbreak of cholera. The outbreak...
UGANDA TO START BONE-MARROW TRANSPLANT OPERATIONS
Doctors from Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) and scientists from India this week concluded the first bone-marrow transplant conference in Kampala, as the institute prepares to...
A MAN DIES AFTER TAKING SEX POWER PILLS
Police in Busia District in eastern Uganda are investigating a case in which a 30-year-old boda boda cyclist is reported to have died after taking...
TRUCK DRIVERS ARE THE MOST TRANSMITTERS OF HIV- MINISTRY OF HEALTH
A high risk of HIV prevalence has been registered among truck drivers in the country. According to the findings by the Ministry of Health, the...