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Item Lack of interpreters hindering health services(New Vision, 2018-01-01) Nambogga, JackieHealth workers have expressed concern over the government's failure to recruit sign language interpreters at hospitals to effectively handle people with hearing and speech impairment. Juliet Nampala, a midwife at Njeru health centre III in Njeru municipality, Buikwe district, said such challenges affects the dumb and deaf when it comes medical attention.Item Plan for a healthy 2018(New Vision, 2018-01-02) Emodek, JacquilineThe state of a woman's health is pivotal for the wellbeing of a family. The former US first lady Michelle Obama aptly expressed this when she said: "families are drowning and we cannot have a healthy country if women are nit healthy"Item Parliment okays patients rights Bill.(New Vision, 2018-01-11) Sekanjako, Henry; Wassajja, NicholasParliament has okayed Busiki county MP Paul Akamba to introduce a private Members' Bill entited, the Patient's Rights and Responsibilities Bill, 2017. Presenting a motion for the introduction of the Bill to Parliament yesterday, Akamba noted that the Bill is aimed at improving the quality of healthcare services received by the patients and to empower patients to participate in the process of seeking or receiving health care.Item Foods and activities to beat the painful abdomainal bloat.(Sunday Vision, 2018-01-14) Dr. Nambatya, Grace KyeyuneThe festive season is over! everyone has enjoyed what he/she calls delicious meals colouring their plates with variety foods. As a result, many, like you, are experiencing a lot of discomfort in their stomach can handle or the food mixture wasn't right.Item Butaleja district floods trigger cholera alert(New Vision, 2018-04-18) Angatai, Betty"Once everyone respects the guidelines pertaining to cleanliness, diseases will be eradicted", RDC Waya.Item Kapelebyong health centre IV with clinical waste.(New Vision, 2018-01-04) Alomu, EmmanuelKapelebyong Health Centre IV in Amuria diatrict is struggling to operate without an incinerator. Authorities at the health facility said they burn the waste in an open area near the unit, while the rest is transported to Amuria health centre IV which has an incinerator.Item KNow your HIV status.(New Vision, 2018-01-01) Dr. Watiti, CharityTo all our esteemed readers of this column, for over a decade. We have shared information about HIV//AIDS aimed at helping you to face the challenge of living with HIV or caring for a loved one infected with the virus. Our aim was to help you be equipped to stop new HIV infections, which are still high, especially among women and young girls.Item Haemorrhoids- the diseease caused by poor food choices.(New Vision, 2018-01-07) Dr. Nambatya, Grace KyeyuneWhen your liver is congested, you usually end up with haemorrhoids. Haemorrhoids are bluish, reddish or purple swelling. They are often large, inflamed veins and capillaries around the anus. They appear in various sizes generally from the size of pea to the of grape fruit. They can be seriously uncomfortable.Item Makerere research links high malaria spread to HIV.(New Vision, 2018-01-18) Lumu, David; Agaba, VivianMakerere University research has linked high malaria infections to HIV raising another line of HIV co-infection that researchers say the government policy implementation agencies ought to consider in the fight against HIV.Item Provide sanitary pads to school girls.(New Vision, 2018-01-02) Natuhamya, CharlesWhile girls continued to show great competiveness against boys in Primary Leaving Examinations results, high levels of dropouts emerged as a major challenge. Some results, for instance, of the535,933 students who registered for the Primary Leaving Exams in a year; 19,917 did not sit, majority of whom were girls.Item Govt told to regulate use of harmful chemicals on food.(New Vision, 2018-01-11) Etukuri, CharlesThe Uganda Veterinary Association (UVA) has called on the government to strengthen systems and deter food and meat vendors from accessing dangerous chemicals used in meat preservation. Responding to the ongoing operation by Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and Uganda National Bureau of Standards of the structural standards on the butcheries and investigating meatItem UNBS team investigates bacteria in infant milk.(New Vision, 2018-01-16) Okoth, CeciliaThe Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) yesterday dispatched a team of investigators to carry out market surveillance on infant milk produced by a French company that reportedly contains salmonella bacteria that causes fatal infections.Item Bad food fuelsMakerere University strikes, says rport(New Vision, 2018-01-11) Okoth, CeciliaWhereas it is known that for one to grasp things well in a classroom setting, they need to have a balanced diet, this, however, is not the case at Uganda's oldest public university. More than half of the students at Makerere University are dissatisfied with the triggers many strikes at the University.Item Bilharzia hits Mayuge district.(New Vision, 2018-01-17) Angatai, BettyThe Mayuge chief administrative officer, Joyce Namboozo, has decried the increasing rate of cases of bilharzia among the fishing communities in Mayuge district. She said many adults and children are affected by the disease, especially those in the fishing communities of Malongo sub-county and on Jaguzi Islands.Item National Health Insurance Bill awaiting approval(New Vision, 2018-04-09) Amongin, FaithThe common practice where a person falls sick and is required to pay for treatment out of their pocket may soon be history. This is partly because the long awaited Health Insurance Bill 2012, which is supposed to birth the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was awarded a certificate of financial implication by the ministry of Finance in April last year.Item What started as a boil has sentenced her to life indoors(New Vision, 2018-04-07) Oluka, EstherIn 2013, when Babirye Jessica noticed a small swelling on her upper left thigh as she prepared for work, she did not think much of it. She says she just ignored it thinking it would disappear on its own. However a few days later, Babirye got concerned after noticing that the boil had instead increased in size, this time to the size of a small passion fruit. Although living in pain, Jessica Babirye hopes to walk again and live a normal life free of lymphedema .Item Butchers jailed for spraying harmful chemicals on meat.(New Vision, 2018-01-12) Kabahumuza, BarbraTears rolled down the cheeks of the relatives of six people, who were sentenced to eight months in jail for spraying harmful chemicals on meat and fish meant for sale. Yesterday, City hall court Grade one Magistrate Beatrice Kainza passed the sentence after the accused were convicted by court on their plea of guilty.Item Bodabodas help improve maternal health in Pader district.(New Vision, 2018-01-09) Tumwesige, ArnestHealth workers in Pader district are happy about the increase in the number of mothers who are delivering at health centres since the beginning of 2025. They say credit goes to the voucher system, where bodaboda's in villages carry expectant mothers and bring them to deliver at health facilities.Item Local drug manufacture seeks more govt supports.(New Vision, 2018-01-18) Twaha, AliLocal drug manufacture, Cipla Quality Chemicals Industry Limited, has called on the government to further tighten the screws on importation of drugs by way of policy. The HIV, malaria and Hepatitis B drugs manufacturing firm is a joint venture between Cipla of India, which currently holds majority Stake and Quality Chemicals Uganda Limited.Item How Lira medics have washed away bady deaths.(New Vision, 2018-01-17) Kyotalengerire, AgnesAccording to Dr. Jolly Nankunda, the commonest cause of inflections among newborn babies is bacteria. The baby may pick the germs from the mother's birth canal during delivery, especially if the canal is colonised by harmful bacteria ( that which causes infection).