Tag Archives: Uganda

November 2017 theguardian;Public health services across Uganda have been brought to a standstill as doctors strike over pay and poor working conditions. Members of the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) began nationwide action on 6 November over the government’s failure to meet their demands for salary and allowance increases, as well …

October 2017 BusinessDaily;Kenya has been put on high alert following the confirmation of plague disease outbreak in Madagascar. This follows a World Health Organisation (WHO) risk assessment, which classifies Kenya as at “moderate risk of potential spread due to travel interconnection with Madagascar”. The country is also on alert following …

April 2017 Themonitor; The government has over the past three years spent at least Shs10.08 billion ($2.8m) on the treatment of 140 senior government officials abroad, according to Auditor General John Muwanga’s report for the period ending December 2016. The VIPs’ treatment abroad on the recommendation of the ministry of …

January 2016 TheMonitor; The Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council, the body that regulates medical practice, has come up with guidelines on consultation fees to be paid by patients when they visit health facilities. Dr Katumba Sentongo, the Council registrar, said the guidelines were prompted by the increasing cases of …

January 2017 TheMonitor; Three former senior accountants of Mubende Referral Hospital have been sent to jail and ordered to refund Shs200m to the government. The Anti-Corruption Court sentenced the former Senior Accountant, Mr Henry Okori Okumu to two years’ imprisonment, Mr Kasangaki Aston Kyomya, principal accounts assistant to three years …

January 2017 TheMonitor; A doctor spent the better half of 2015 on remand in Luzira prison after being transferred from an upcountry prison. However, on December 17, 2015 a magistrate acquitted the doctor of all the three charges that the Director of Public Prosecutions had indicted the doctor of. The …

November 2016 TheMonitor; On August 13, during the 1st Grande Doctors’ Conference and Fellowship Dinner at Imperial Royale Hotel, the chief guest President Museveni put it clearly that deployed senior house officers offer a national service and should be paid; otherwise it is “modern day slavery”. Senior house officers are …

November 2016 TheMonitor; Patrick Obiga was detained at International Hospital Kampala (IHK) for more than a week for failing to pay Shs19.5m. It took the intervention of the media and a civil society organisation Centre for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) before Obiga could be released. Should medical facilities …

October 2016 EastAfrican; Sixteen-year-old Sumeiya Abdi has not been in school since 2013. She is among the patients hooked onto the 20 dialysis machines at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi — the country’s chief referral and teaching institution — to help them manage acute and chronic kidney disease. Acute …

October 2016 TheNewTimes; There is an increase in health facilities, including laboratories, with each dispensary, health centre or hospital having a laboratory in the East, Central and Southern Africa. However, despite this, these laboratories do not have enough qualified laboratory physicians (pathologists), it emerged yesterday. The issue came up at …