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Hoima: Locals on the Spot for Rising Maternal Deaths at Regional Referral Hospital

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Health Experts Struggle to Contain Measles in South Karamoja Region

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UPDF Troops Put on Alert as Mpox Cases Hit 1,552 with 12 Deaths; Gov’t Heightens Preventive Campaign

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NDA Arrests Health Worker over Theft of Government ARVs

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

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UNDERSTANDING EPILEPSY: A Common Neurological Disorder

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.

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World Diabetes Day: WHO Commits Support to End Epidemic in Africa

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.

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KENYA: Mentally Ill Man Slices Wife in Mbeere South

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...

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UCI Registers Success in Free Mass Cancer Screening Camp

According to the institute, about 70% of patients go to hospitals late for cancer diagnosis and treatment because of limited access to screening and low cancer awareness. This delayed diagnosis and treatment leads to a low survival rate of 30% or fewer for adult patients and roughly 50% for children.

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KAGADI: Uganda Red Cross Mobilizes Blood Donors to Save Lives

By giving blood, one is making a significant contribution to their community and helping to ensure that those in need receive the life-saving treatments they require.

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MOH Encourages Parents to Embrace Second Polio Immunization

According to the World Health Organization, the virus is transmitted via the fecal-oral route and by aerosol droplets (usually children), and there is no cure for polio, but it can only be prevented by immunization.

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