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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.
Ugandan health ministry to hire 2000 nurses
From redpepper.co.ug
The ministry of health is to hire 2000 midwives this financial year in a bid to curb maternal mortality in the country. The recruitment was announced over the weekend by Dr. Christine Ondoa, the Health Minister. go
Men need earlier colon cancer screening
From www.presstv.com
Researchers at the Austrian Society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology say men tend to develop colon cancer at an earlier age than their female counterparts. go
Who will heal Uganda’s sick health sector?
From allafrica.com
When his teenage wife went into labour, John Emegu wedged her on a bicycle between himself and his grandmother and pedalled furiously for 11 miles. But on reaching the nearest hospital, his relief quickly turned to despair. go
Uganda’s Arua Hospital ‘not any better off’
From www.monitor.co.ug
As one enters the congested medical wards, there is a sense of distress especially at night where patients and nurses have to fidget with candles and lamps that provide insufficient light. There is a shortage of medical personnel at the hospital. go
Over half of Ugandan women anaemic
From www.newvision.co.ug
OVER 8.4 million women in Uganda are anaemic, a condition where one lacks enough blood, the health ministry has disclosed. go
$25 million donated by US to Uganda to prevent mother to child HIV transmission
The United States Government has pledged 25 million US dollars to support the prevention of mother to child HIV transmission program in Uganda. more
Uganda: the cost of intellectual property rights
KC Kateregga reports on the impact of intellectual property rights in Uganda, where half of the one million people living with HIV need antiretroviral therapy yet only 40 percent have access to it. more
United States government pledges millions to PMTCT in Uganda
The United States government has pledged 25 million dollars to support the prevention of HIV mother to child transmission progrmmes in Uganda.
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