Health

President Yoweri Museveni commissioned a diagnostic test kits manufacturing plant, the first of its kind in the Great Lakes region.

The Executive Director of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Dorothy Kisaka, commended the Aga Khan University (AKU) for its transformative project, which is set to revolutionize education and healthcare in Uganda.

Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has returned to chair plenary following her maternity absence, with praise for local hospitals which she said would do much better with increased support. 

The Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, on Thursday participated in a blood donation drive alongside the Special Forces Command (SFC) soldiers.

Members of Parliament on the Committee on Health are pushing for functional operating theatres in health facilities in Kigezi sub-region.

The Committee on Government Assurances and Implementation has directed the Ministry of Health to harmonise its position on the user fees charged for the Computed Tomography (CT) scan services in government hospitals.

The Committee on Government Assurances and Implementation has called for the full operationalisation of health centres in local governments.

The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has criticised a proposal by the Ministry of Health to lower the eligibility age for contraceptives, saying it is a form of legitimising defilement.

Government through the Ministry of Health has finally agreed to deploy medical interns.

The interns who are mandated to have internship before enrollment for medical practice, have been holed at home for months due to financial inadequacies.

President Yoweri Museveni together with a group of scientists agreed to start with Bukedi Sub-region as a pilot area for a new mosquito radiation sterilization technology aimed at preventing malaria.