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The Executive Director of the Uganda Heart Institute Dr Omangino John has warned that merging the Institute with Mulago Hospital will diminish the super specialized services that the facility offers. Government last month announced it has finalized plans to have a number of its ministries and agencies either merged or scrapped in a move aimed [...]
More than 170 mothers died giving birth in health facilities in Kampala. This is according to the National Annual Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response Report 2019/2020 released by the Ministry of Health. This is more than double the number of deaths that were reported in the 2018/2019 financial year. Data from the ministry [...]
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The number of children seeking care for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections (RTIs) such as pneumonia reduced by 48 per cent at the height of the lockdown instituted to halt the spread of COVID-19. This is according to a new study conducted in Wakiso district between April and September last year, by Makerere University paediatricians. The [...]
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