Uganda’s aging population presents both a challenge and an opportunity to re-imagine how society values and supports its elders. Aging Ugandans must be viewed not as a burden but as an integral part of the nation’s fabric, deserving of respect, care, and the opportunity to thrive.

Dr. Mwebesa will be tasked with overseeing the management and administration of health services in Uganda, ensuring that health policies are effectively implemented and that quality healthcare is delivered to the population.

While commenting on the ongoing World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week, Rogers Kisame from the Children’s Foundation Uganda said that the week will end with the conference at Kampala Serena Hotel, where different officials from the Ministry of Health will dive into how to prevent the transmission of infectious germs, among others.

According to NDA, since March 2024, the authority has successfully retrieved government medications worth more than UGX 2.5 billion. 

According to the study done by Makerere School of Public Health, it was unveiled that the national prevalence rate of epilepsy in Uganda is alarmingly high at 1.69%, indicating that over 770,000 Ugandans are living with the disease.

According to the International Diabetes Foundation, in 2021, an estimated 716,000 adults in Uganda had diabetes. About 89% of Ugandans with diabetes are neither on medication nor aware of their status and therefore present to the health system with difficult-to-treat complications.

Police in Mbeere South sub-county are investigating circumstances under which a 26-year-old man hacked his 24-year-old wife to death in Kenya. This incident happened on...