Health

The ministry of health has assured the country that HIV/ AIDS will be history in the country by 2020 Speaking during the 8th National Pediatric and adolescent conference, the commissioner for national disease control in the ministry of health Dr. Patrick Tusiime says, the government should first put in place […]

HIV-AIDS remains the leading cause of death among adolescents in Uganda and the second globally according to the ministry of health. The ministry indicates that in 2014 alone 2.6million children were living with HIV/AIDS and 78% of adolescents between 10-24years were battling the virus. Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi, the minister of […]

Ministry of Health needs over 220bn shillings to carry out a massive country wide vaccination of hepatitis B. In the last financial year 2016-2017 10 billion were allocated to the ministry of health to specifically fight Hepatitis B. According to the state minister of health in charge of general duties […]