The Ministry of Health has launched a five-year plan to improve the paediatric surgical care system in regional referral hospitals across the country. The goal of this initiative is to develop a critical mass of highly skilled human resources for the healthcare of infants, children, and adolescents up to age 18. It will involve training […]
World Tuberculosis Day, is observed on 24 March each year, It is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis and efforts to eliminate the disease. In 2018, 10 million people fell ill with TB, and 1.5 million died from the disease, mostly in low and middle-income countries. This also makes it […]
After an outbreak of the viral sickness in Kagera, Tanzania, the health ministry of Uganda has dispatched a team to conduct a Marburg spread risk assessment on the Tanzania-Uganda border. Tanzania and Uganda share a boundary in Kagera. According to the ministry’s spokesperson, Emmanuel Ainebyoona, teams have been sent to conduct risk assessments in the […]
