HEALTH

The ministry of health has disputed rumors that consumption of alcohol after one has taken a COVID-19 vaccine shot affects the vaccine's efficacy. Minister Aceng made the clarification during a...

By Mary Asujo Slum Aid Project (SAP) in partnership with Vitamin Angels has trained health workers and Village Health Teams on the upcoming multiple micronutrient supplement that is to be...

The government of Uganda has reiterated the call on citizens to embrace the available vaccine in order to salvage the successes so far registered in the fight against COVID-19. Through...

Island dwellers of Bwema in Buvuma district have appealed to the government to come to their rescue and construct for them pit latrines in order to save lives. They claim...

The EU's largest countries on Monday joined a stream of states halting their rollouts of AstraZeneca jabs over blood clot fears, as the World Health Organization and Europe's medicines watchdog...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has delayed the rollout of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines, citing safety concerns. The decision was communicated by the country's health ministry citing the suspension of...

The Ministry of Health has launched a new strategy to tackle the maternal and perinatal deaths in Uganda through focusing and implementing programs on key areas in the health system....

Mukono General Hospital is grappling with growing numbers of patients which have left medics and the facility overwhelmed. According to the Medical superintendent of the Hospital, Dr. Geoffrey Kasirye, the...

The leading opposition party in Tanzania has accused the ruling government of covering up the true extent of the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement issued on Friday, CHADEMA party's Secretary-General,...

A Catholic doctors lobby group in Kenya has advised church members not to accept the Covid-19 vaccine but instead practice steam therapy if they are sick. According to local media,...