Browsing by Author "Namagembe, Lilian"

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    167 university staff win Swedish scholarships.
    (Daily monitor, 2016-02-11) Namagembe, Lilian
    A total of 167 academic staff from the five public universities in Uganda were yesterday awarded scholarships for graduate training at doctoral and master levels under the Mak-Sida Bilateral Research Programme. The scholarships, aimed at capacity building to promote research for national and regional development, were as a result of the renewed research cooperation agreement between the governments of Uganda and Sweden for five years (2015–2020).
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    Aga Khan Hospital acquires hi-tech equipment.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-15) Namagembe, Lilian
    Ugandans can now easily access early diagnosis of complicated no-communicable diseases such as cancer without travelling to India, after the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) in Nairobi, acquiring advanced technical equipment.
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    Aids body not to be disolved - ministry
    (Daily monitor, 2016-02-04) Namagembe, Lilian
    KAMPALA. The Ministry of Health has distanced itself from plans to take over the Uganda Aids commission (UAC) as recommended by the Parliamentary Budget committee. This follows recommendations by the Parliamentary Budget report of December 2015 indicating that maintaining the Aids commission under the President's Office is tantamount to duplication of government programmes arguing that it carries out activities similar to those of the Uganda Aids Commission under the Ministry of Health.
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    AU to monitor local medicines
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-07-07) Namagembe, Lilian
    The African Union (AU) has started consultations to ensure that drugs manufactured or imported to the continent are of Quality standards by 2018.
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    Basic maternal health care remains out of reach for mother
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-11-09) Namagembe, Lilian; Muwulya, Moses; Onyago, Joseph; Ashaba, Alex; Ainebyoona, Felix
    On the evening of September 14, two mothers delivered in the corridor of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital maternity word in western Uganda. Three other mothers at the hospital delivered on the floor of the same labour ward because there were only three delivery beds,
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    Cabinet team, doctors meet over strike today.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-11-15) Namagembe, Lilian
    A multi-sectoral sub-committee of Cabinet established to review demands of striking doctors and persuade them to return to work is set to meet today with leaders of Uganda Medical Association (UMA) to try and break the deadlock.
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    Cancer cases rise as government launches new machine.
    (Daily monitor, 2026-01-19) Namagembe, Lilian
    Cervical cancer among women and prostate cancer among men have the bighest prevalence rate.
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    Cancer fighting foods you should know about.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-10-02) Namagembe, Lilian
    As start the October National Breast Cancer Awareness month, nutritionists recommend some foods that help to reduce risk of cancer. Cancer is chronic disease which occurs when abnormal cells divide with out control and can invade nearby tissues.
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    Cancer institute resumes radiotherapy treatment.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-30) Namagembe, Lilian
    Cancer patients in need of radiotherapy services to kill and stop cancer cells from growing by use of high-energy rays, can now readily access services at Mulago hospital. Dr. Jackson Orem, the executive director of the Uganda Cancer Institution (UCI), said the
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    Cancer machine installation starts on Monday- Mulago.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-08-18) Namagembe, Lilian
    The engineers from the Czech Republic's UJP manufacturing company, who are going to install the machine are expected to fly into the country on Monday.
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    Children forced into prostitution- study.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-04-24) Namagembe, Lilian
    Hundreds of girls some as young girls as ten years old at Kiyindi Landing Site in Buikwe District are being forced into prostitution to fill the gap left by family neglect gap, a study has revealed. The research, titled “A Study of Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms in a Fishing Community in Central Uganda”, was conducted by Africhild, an African research centre on children’s affairs based at Makerere University.
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    Children paying the price for acquiring HIV from parents.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-01) Namagembe, Lilian
    Standing in front of a bushy garden on a cold windy morning, days after her mother's burial, a pale girl with a swollen abdomen is handed to one of the distant paternal aunties. The year is 1995. The mother of then two-year-old Sylvia Nalukwago,
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    Cochlear implants: Solution to hearing impairment.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-09-04) Namagembe, Lilian
    Every parent wishes to have a healthy child and when their lost her hearing, Eddie Mukaaya and Edith Asingwire did all they could to remedy this, they share their challenges and success with Lilian Namagembe.
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    Court throws NDA boss out of office.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-09-15) Namagembe, Lilian
    The appointment of Ms Donna Asiimwe Kusemererwa as executive director of national drug authority(NDA) in January last year was 'unlawful, unjustifiable, null and void. a high court judge has ruled.
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    Doctors get machine to save newborns
    (Daily Monitor., 2018-03-08) Namagembe, Lilian
    In a move to reduce the number of newborns dying from breathing failure at birth, researchers have come up with a more advanced resuscitation device to sort out the problem. At least one in every 10 children born needs resuscitation at birth, according to Ministry of Health.
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    Doctors to offer free spoecialised services at medical camp.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-09-01) Namagembe, Lilian
    Specialists across the country will next week converge at Kiruddu hospital in Makindye division to offer free screening and consultation for non communicable diseases.
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    Doctors vow to continue strike.
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-11-11) Namagembe, Lilian
    Doctors under their umbrella organistion Uganda Medical Association (UMA) yesterday dismissed to government's labelling of their strike as illegal and threatened to withdraw emergency services to patients. The doctors went on strike on Monday, November 6, paralysing work in public health facilities and leaving patients stranded.
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    Doctors' strike:
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-11-08) Ainebyoona, Emmanuel; Namagembe, Lilian; Kisekka, Christopher; Ssenkabirwa, Al-mahdi; Ssekandi, Paul; Muron, George; Mugerwa, Francis; Muhereza, Robert; Atuhaire, Scovia; Makumbi, Cissy
    As the doctors' strike enters its second day countrywide, one death has been registered at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital after the patient failed to get assistance upon arrival at the facility as a result of the industrial action.
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    Don't leave health services to donors, activits tell govt.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-10-02) Namagembe, Lilian
    Government should not leave health services at the hands of donors to ensure effective service delivery, health rights activists have cautioned. The activists argue that since donors depend on grants, inefficiencies are created wherever their programmes wind up.
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    Dr Nabadda appointed national laboratories boss
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-10-12) Namagembe, Lilian
    Dr Susan Ndidde Nabadda, a former consultant pathologist at Mulago Hospital, has been appointed the new executive director of Uganda National Health Laboratory Services under the stewardship of the Central Health Laboratories (CPHL). Dr Nabadda replaces Mr Steven Aisu who is the outgoing executive director of UNHLs.