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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Blood Transfusion Service (UBTS) has called for enactment of a law to stop staff from public and private health facilities from selling blood to the public because it hinders blood collection. Samuel Davis Wante, a Clinical Team Leader at Nakasero Blood Bank …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health says only 10% of Health Center IVs in Uganda can offer blood transfusion services. Although Health Center IVs are supposed to conduct surgeries such as the caesarian section births in addition to treating conditions such as malaria which sometimes requires …

Butaleja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is an acute shortage of blood at Busolwe General Hospital in Butaleja district. The Hospital Medical Superintendent, Dr. Innocent Musiime, says that they have been battling blood shortage for the past three months amidst an increase in malaria cases. He says that only 4 …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Around the world, an astonishing one in four people are dying from conditions related to thrombosis. And even when the condition doesn’t kill, it can dramatically affect the quality of life of the person who suffers from it. Thrombosis is the formation of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The death of the Deputy Inspector General of Police Maj Gen Paul Lokech was caused by a blood clot, a postmortem report indicates.  Lokech died on Saturday morning at his home in Buwate, Kira Municipality in Wakiso District. According to the police, the post-mortem was …

HEALTH | DR HENRY DDUNGU | Blood clotting is necessary in our bodies as this stops the blood from uncontrolled flowing after a cut or injury; but it’s when blood clots are created when they’re not needed, that they can become life-threatening. A clot can slow or block normal blood …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Gulu is facing a severe blood shortage leaving patients in dire need of blood transfusion services. Dr Venice Omona, the in-charge of the Paediatrics Ward says that the most affected departments include the casualty ward, maternity and children ward. Omona …

Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Mbale regional blood bank in Mbale has run out of blood again for the second time since the COVID-19 lockdown started in March this year. The regional blood bank suffered the first blood shortage few weeks after the closure of schools and suspension of public …

Jerusalem, Israel | XINHUA | Israeli researchers have found that low levels of vitamin D in the blood is associated with an increased risk of contracting coronavirus, Leumit Health Services and Bar Ilan University (BIU) in central Israel said on Sunday. In a comprehensive study, published in the journal FEBS, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health has tabled before parliament a request of Shillings 20.5 billion meant to finance different strategies and critical areas by the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (UBTS) to mitigate blood shortage in the country. Led by the Minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng …