HEALTH

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,...

Uganda's ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that the arrival of the initial batch of 864,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines will be on the 5th of March 2021 and...

A new study reveals evidence that early exposure to dirty air alters genes in a way that could lead to adult heart disease, among other ailments. The findings of this...

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has asked authorities in Tanzania to start reporting COVID-19 cases and share data. I also call on In a statement, the WHO boss...

Mr David Ssenfuka, a herbalist treating diabetes and other ailments has made claims he is receiving death threats from anonymous people. Ssenfuka who claims that at least 1,000 people have...

Uganda will launch its first clinical trial for a natural treatment product against COVID-19 in search for medication against the virus that has so far killed 318 citizens and infected...

As the number of people who have fought off SARS-CoV-2 climbs ever higher, a critical question has grown in importance: How long will their immunity to the novel coronavirus last?...