Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Professor Charles Olweny, the pioneer Ugandan director of the Uganda Cancer Institute in the 70s, has said health workers at the Mulago centre deserve more credit than they are getting. He was speaking at the official launch of a new book titled “Staying …
Read More »Radiotherapy machine finally arrives at UCI Mulago
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After over a year of waiting, the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) will be able to resume radiotherapy services in the country in October. This follows the long awaited arrival of a radiotherapy machine at the institute at Mulago, on Thursday. Reports of a supposed delay “because of …
Read More »STAYING ALIVE 5: (re)viewed
Staying Alive 5: (re)viewed UCI AT 50: The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) that started on August 8, 1967 is celebrating 50 years. One of the activities in the month-long celebrations is a launch of a book this week – STAYING ALIVE – that documents the journey of Uganda Cancer Institute …
Read More »STAYING ALIVE 3: Signs of life
Staying Alive 3: Signs of life UCI AT 50: The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) that started on August 8, 1967 is celebrating 50 years. One of the activities in the month-long celebrations is a launch of a book this week – STAYING ALIVE – that documents the journey of …
Read More »STAYING ALIVE 2: Very Important People & Very Important Objects
Staying Alive 2: Very Important People and Very Important Objects UCI AT 50: The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) that started on August 8, 1967 is celebrating 50 years. One of the activities in the month-long celebrations is a launch of a book this week – STAYING ALIVE – that documents …
Read More »STAYING ALIVE 4: On Safari
Staying Alive 4: On Safari UCI AT 50: The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) that started on August 8, 1967 is celebrating 50 years. One of the activities in the month-long celebrations is a launch of a book this week – STAYING ALIVE – that documents the journey of Uganda …
Read More »THE LAST WORD: Rethinking healthcare in Africa
Why attempts to provide too much too fast are the cause of corruption and institutionalised incompetence The Last Word | ANDREW M. MWENDA| Last week I moderated a World Health Organisation panel on providing universal healthcare in Africa. These ambitions assume that poor countries have the ability to deliver the set …
Read More »Why Mulago patients will pay for specialized services
Patients at Lower Mulago Hospital will pay for the specialised services the section offers once it opens in October, Minister for Health Dr Ruth Aceng explained to journalists. The section of Old Mulago will remain open for free referrals. Aceng’s statement was made in the wake of a public outcry …
Read More »Rethinking cancer diagnosis, treatment
WHO releases new guidelines; but how will Uganda drive more patients to the hospital? Every Friday morning at the Uganda Cancer Institute is free screening time. Being the biggest cancer facility in the country, coupled with ever increasing cases, one would expect to see some quite big numbers. But that …
Read More »Mulago ordered to pay sh85 million for ‘missing’ baby twin
The High court in Kampala has ordered Mulago National Referral Hospital to pay sh85 million to a couple they helped deliver twins, but failed to hand them both of them, claiming one died. Mulago did not produce the body. Justice Lydia Mugambe made the order after discovering that Jenifer Musimenta …
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