Medical waste dumped in the bush by one of the private health facility in Gulu City. The policy drafted by Lira City council is meant […]
Category: Health
Scientists warn public against using unlicensed radiation machines
GNNA reporter and GNNA Editor Gulu The Atomic Energy Council has warned the public against seeking help from health facilities using unlicensed radiation machines. Radiation […]
Adjumani to act on VHT maternal death reports in Apaa
By Simon Wokorach Adjumani Adjumani District Health Officer (DHO) is highly skeptical on the alleged maternal death figures being reported by the Village Health Teams […]
Relief as medical workers resume work weeks after health facility’s closure
By Denis Opoka Kitgum Richard Oringa, a resident of Okidi Central Village, was excited to learn that medical workers who had abandoned Okidi Health Center […]
Medics demand for sickle cell national policy
Lira By: Charity Akullo The Executive Director St Francis Hospital, Nsambya, in Kampala, Dr. Andrew Ssekitoleko, has tasked government to develop a national policy that […]
Relief as Gulu cancer institute kicks off operations in north
By Simon Wokorach Gulu Beatrice Alworotoo from Laroo-Pece division in Gulu city who had abandoned treatment after being diagnosed with cancer from Mulago cancer institute […]
Ectopic pregnancy; Gulu mother delivers
By Simon Wokorach Gulu Approximately 50 kilometers West of Paibona Sub County at Ayweri village in Gulu district, Scovia Aciro discovered she was pregnant nearly […]
Open defecation in Lango worrying, sensitization campaigns to start
By: GNNA Editor Lira At least 37,204 representing 4.20% households in the four districts in Lango Sub-Region, Northern Uganda practice open defecation. A survey conducted […]