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Item Rubaga Hospital's specialist centre(Saturday Vision, 2018-05-12) Mazinga, MathiasUganda Martyrs Hospital, Rubaga has developed another building facility to further improve the delivery of medical services.Item You can lower your risk of breast cancer(Daily Monitor, 2017-10-23) Namagembe, LilianBreast Cancer prevention: How to reduce the risk. Although there is no sure way to prevent breast cancer, there are things you can do that may lower your likelihood of getting it, whether you have a family history or not.Item How National Health Insurance Scheme will benefit Ugandans(Daily Monitor, 2017-10-17) Namagembe, LilianThe National Health Insurance Scheme is expected to relieve ordinary Ugandans from directly pulling money out of their pockets to spend on medical bills, Lilian Namagembe writes.Item To relieve stress, get moving(Daily Monitor, 2017-10-16) Namagembe, LilianExercise in almost any form can act as a stress reliever, Being active can boost you feel-good endorphins and distract you from daily worries.Item Medical laboratories exposing patients to infections- reports(Daily Monitor, 2017-10-12) Namagembe, LilianThe audit, which involved a total of 210 laboratories, put medical laboratory performance at 33 per cent far below the standard 50 per cent protection against biological substances which pose a threat to the health of living organisms.Item Dr Nabadda appointed national laboratories boss(Daily Monitor, 2017-10-12) Namagembe, LilianDr 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.Item Mulago unveils self-testing device for heart diseases(Daily Monitor, 2017-10-11) Namagembe, LilianA new advanced reusable electrocardiogram (ECG) mobile belt, placed on one's bare chest to detect and record one's heart electrical activity, has been unveiled to ease access to heart disease screening.Item Nambooze condition worsens(Daily Monitor, 2017-10-11) Namagembe, Lilian; Nakirigya, ShabibahDoctors say the MP got a crack on one of her bones inside her back which has since caused her severe pain that they have up to now failed to control permanently.Item Pallisa recognised for 100% latrine coverage(New Vision, 2018-05-31) Okwakol, LawrenceEight villages in Opwateta sub-county, in Pallisa district that registered for the Sanitation Fund Programme (SFP) have recorded a 100% pit-latrine coverage. They have been recognised and rewarded by the office of the district health officer.Item Karamoja: Stunted growth in children drops to 35%(New Vision, 2018-05-21) Mulondo, LawrenceKaramoja sub-region has recorded a drop in stunted growth among children, from 45% to 35.2%. Stunting is the impaired growth and development that children experience as a result of poor nutrition.Item Weyonje campaign to improve sanitation in communities(New Vision, 2018-05-30) Waiswa, JulietThe recent citywide sanitation mapping revealed there is still much to do to achieve citywide access to improved sanitation.Item Caretaker of Marburg patient goes into hiding(Daily Monitor, 2017-10-23) Chemitai, Joyce; Ainebyoona, EmmanuelThe task force helping to fight Marburg spread in Kween district, has asked police to hunt for Joseph Cherungu, an adult of Kamwam Village, who has reportedly been one of the key caretakers of the last Marburg victim.Item Marburg outbreak: Ministry monitoring 41 contacts(Daily Monitor, 2017-10-20) Chemitai, Joyce; Ainebyoona, EmmanuelMarburg virus Disease is caused by the Marburg Virus, a rare but severe type of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, which affects both human and non-human primates such as Monkeys and baboons.Item Hospital boss arrested over donated age limit cash.(Saturday Monitor, 2017-11-04) Kitunzi, YahuduPolice in Bududa district have arrested the human resource officer of Bududa hospital over Shs29m that was donated to the hospital by the Manjiya MP, Mr. John Baptist Nambeshe, in protest of the planned removal of age limits from the 1995 Constitution.Item Police hold women over impersonating nurse.(Daily Monitor, 2017-11-01) Kitunzi, YahuduPolice are holding a 22-year-old woman for allegedly posing as a nurse at Mbale Regional Referral hospital to extort money from patients. The Elgon Region Police spokes person, Mr. Sowedi Manshur, on Monday said: "we want to know how she entered the hospital and started treating people without the management detecting".Item Parents urged to embrace counselling for teenagers.(New Vision, 2017-08-23) Manishimwe, WilsonParents have been urged to embrace parental counselling as a measure to address teenage pregnancies. The call was made by , the TFK Read- Write club members recently at Fairway Hotel in Kampala during the launch of book titled:Item Leaders stand in the way of Entebbe hospital takeover(Daily Monitor, 2017-10-13) Kiggundu, Joseph; Ssenkabirwa, Al-mahdiGovernment has succumbed to pressure from Wakiso district leaders and dropped a proposal by the state house to take over management of Entebbe Grade A Hospital. State House had moved to take over management of Entebbe Grade A hospital citing security reasons.Item Trials of 14-year-old mother(Daily Monitor, 2017-10-12) Kato, JosephJoyce Namilo stares into space as she breastfeeds her nine-month-old baby. At 14 years, she is the youngest among dozens of women attending a community dialogue on child marriage and teenage pregnancies at Mourita sub-county, Nakapiripiriti district.Item Doctors, government clash over Cuban medics(Saturday Vision, 2018-04-28) Semakula, JohnThe backlash over the Government's move to import Cuban doctors has continued with local doctors arguing that it is a nonstarter, while Government insists it is the right direction. "We produce 600 doctors and specialist annually. Does the Government want to deny local doctors a chance to work in their country?" Dr Ekwaro Obuku.Item Measles hits 35 districts(New Vision, 2018-05-01) Agaba, JohnMeasles a highly contagious infection that mainly targets children causing fever, dry cough, running nose and the very irritable reddish-brown rash in toddlers, has broken out in several regions across the country.