By Goodluck Musinguzi The RDC LT.Joe Walunsimbi has commissioned Rukoki Health Centre IV maternity ward today 25th January 2025. Rukoki Maternity ward was gutted by fire in June 2024 and since then  the facility has been operationalizing under challenges of limited accommodation for mothers. Rehabilitation of the Maternity ward has …

Amudat district registers high Malaria vaccine uptake By Timothy Eudo and Musinguzi Goodluck  Health authorities in Amudat district have reported very positive uptake of the recently launched malaria vaccination campaign. According to the authorities, the community was very positive, leading to the exhaustion of the first batch of the vaccines. …

Dr Alfred Amandu, the Arua City Principal  Health Officer in charge of Environmental Health BY MUSINGUZI GOODLUCK & RICHARD DRASIMAKU THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2025 Given the challenge of high rate of morbidity and mortality due to malaria, a health official has appealed to the public to stick to the schedule …

By Musinguzi Goodluck and Timothy Eodu-Moroto The Deputy IGG Dr. Okiria with Officials of Moroto District (Photo by Timothy Eodu) Officials from the Inspectorate of Government led by the Deputy Inspector General of Government-IGG Dr. Patricia Achan Okiria have urged both the technical and political leaders in Moroto district to …

Hoima hospital overwhelmed by patients seeking ICU services By Goodluck Musinguzi Hoima Regional Referral Hospital is overwhelmed by the number of patients in need of Intensive care unit (ICU) services. Statistics at the hospital indicate that at least 30 patients in need of Intensive care Unit services are admitted every …

By Goodluck Musinguzi The 6.8 billion Shillings Hoima regional blood bank has been commissioned. The facility was commissioned by Rt Hon Robinah Nabbanja, the Prime Minister of Uganda. Construction work commenced in December 2022 and was executed by Geses Uganda Limited. It was funded by the World Bank under the Uganda …

Kochi health center III Maternity ward completed, ready for use BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI YUMBE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2024 Technicians have began assembling equipment at Kochi health centre III in Yumbe district, expected to be a game changer in enhancing maternal health. This follows the completion of a …

Rasul Musa Ayiman, President of the Arua City Development Forum BY GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI AND RICHARD DRASIMAKU   ARUA CITY: FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2025 The Health sector is under the social services thematic working group and the forum will develop a working group plan to scrutinize sector. “We aim for improved …

By Goodluck Musinguzi The government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Health, has built a satellite laboratory at Lira Regional Referral Hospital in Lira City. Built at the cost of Shs4.5 billion under the COVID-19 response and emergency project with funding from the World Bank, Lira Regional Referral Hospital is …

By Timothy Eodu-Moroto Courtesy Photo Moroto Regional Referral Hospital has seen great improvements in five main departments of services that the facility offers in the past year -2024. This development is contained in the annual 5S-(sort, set shine, standardise, sustain) monitoring and evaluation report 2024 from the Ministry of Health. …