Resources
From a lack of hospital beds and ambulances, to the widespread use of expired drugs, KCs document the impact inadequate healthcare resources have on communities.
KCS also report announcements of donor-funded projects from transnational bodies, governments and non governmental organisations, and the impact spending boosts and cuts are having on ordinary people's attempts to stay healthy.
KCs also examine the way international agreements such as Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights affect the treatment people living in resource poor settings receive.
Zimbabwe signs 15 million dollar deal with World Bank to improve maternal and child health
The government of Zimbabwe has signed a $15 million health development deal with the World Bank to provide basic medical equipment for rural districts to improve maternal and child health. more
A day in the life of a Ugandan health centre
KC Julia Vera eye witness account of life at a health centre in Eastern Uganda. more
Warning issued after ‘reliable evidence’ suggests health workers are selling drugs
The Secretary for Social Services in Kumi district, Eastern Uganda Esau Ebukitoit has issued a strong warning against health workers in the district after uncovering “reliable information” that free government drugs are being sold to patients. more
30 million dollars cancer clinic to be built in Uganda
The government of Uganda has commissioned the construction of a cancer clinic and training institute worth over 3 million US dollars. more
Uganda: Gulu hospital short of space
From www.monitor.co.ug
Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, the biggest health facility in the region, which is in the north of Uganda, is grappling with acute shortage of space for patients admitted to different wards as the number of people seeking treatment at the facility has sharply risen in the last two years.
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MP donates five ambulances to save lives in Bufumbira North, Uganda
Five ambulances have been donated to health centers in Bufumbira North Constituency, mountainous and hilly area in South West Uganda by the local MP. more
Uganda Ministry of Health to give women free maternal kits
From www.monitor.co.ug
In bid to save the lives of pregnant women in hospitals, the government will next year start giving out free maternal health kits used to enable women give birth safely and hygienically. go
First hospital commissioned on Uganda’s Busisi island
From beta.newvisionuganda.info
The newly-commissioned Rapha Hospital in Bussi Island, in the ugandan Wakiso district, is registering an average of one birth per day, the hospital officials have said. go