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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unsafe abortion is no longer predominantly a problem among teenage girls, as previously reported. New health surveillance data indicate that adult women, many of them married and in their prime reproductive years, now account for a growing proportion of abortion-related deaths in Uganda. According …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Owing to growing concerns about poor sleeping habits and their link to mental health challenges among learners, Reach A Hand Uganda has embarked on a campaign to raise awareness about the importance of sleep among adolescents, particularly students. The Quality Sleep Campaign seeks to sensitise …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority (NDA) has closed more than 105 illegal drug outlets and impounded 260 boxes of assorted classified medicines worth approximately UGX 65 million during a week-long enforcement operation across the Teso sub-region. Speaking during a press briefing at NDA offices in …

BEIJING | Xinhua |  Chinese scientists have discovered the core pathological brain network for Parkinson’s disease, and direct medical intervention targeting this network in clinical studies has achieved positive outcomes. The findings, made by a research team led by Professor Liu Hesheng from Changping Laboratory in Beijing, were published in …

  Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Absa Bank Uganda has made a Sh40 million donation to the Kyaninga Child Development Centre (KCDC) to support critical therapeutic services, nutrition and mobility for children living with disabilities in the Rwenzori region. The contribution aims to amplify KCDC’s capacity to provide …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities at Moroto Regional Referral Hospital have raised concerns over a sharp increase in epilepsy cases in the Karamoja sub-region, with the causes of the condition remaining largely unclear. Health experts at the facility cite infections, hereditary factors, cerebral malaria, typhoid, high blood pressure, and …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Teso sub-region has recorded 467 tuberculosis patients in the last three months, prompting the Ministry of Health to deploy a mobile TB clinic to boost community screening. During the handover of the TB Mobile Clinic Van to Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, Tusumisirize Didas, the …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Reach A Hand Uganda hosted the first-ever Koi Koi Fireside Conversations on Friday at its Lugujja headquarters. The event, through the traditional approach of fireside conversations, aimed to create a vibrant platform for cross-generational dialogue under the theme “stories of 18–30-year-olds in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A study by a team of scientists at the Uganda National Institute of Public Health reveals that most of the early cases of Mpox who sought care at private health facilities were misdiagnosed. More than half of the first confirmed patients initially sought care …

When Kenyan nursing graduate Ruth Apondi Omondi created Smart Mama as a simple telemedicine platform in 2024, she knew she was bridging a critical gap in maternal care. The 24-year-old launched the m-Health service in Nairobi to give pregnant women the reliable information they need to make better health decisions …