Events

New drug to reduce malaria rates among pregnant women with HIV One million women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are also infected with malaria during pregnancy every year....

Women and girls suffer the most from climate displacement Women in East Africa tend to carry the burden of domestic care and work; and have fewer opportunities to influence decision-making to...

Here is how Uganda can end AIDS by 2030 Uganda is on a steady path to achieving the UNAIDS targets: 95%of people living with HIV know their status, 95% enrolled in lifesaving Antiretroviral Therapies...

Medical interns to lay down tools over delayed payment Medical interns are qualified doctors, pharmacists and nurses subjected to a one-year mandatory placement in hospitals to get permanent...

Pregnancy and fish. What is safe to eat? Fortunately, the most consumed fish in Uganda, the Tilapia, do not seem to have toxic levels of mercury in them and, therefore, can be consumed during...

Africa’s queen of TikTok: How social media saved me from depression I started on TikTok in 2020 during the Covid-19 lockdown because after graduating (from university) and considering the fact...

Men prefer receiving HIV Test kits from peers than testing at Hospitals Distributing self-test kits through secondary individuals who may not necessarily be health workers has been found to be...

Why our cities need more green spaces Environmentalists and community leaders have emphasized including green spaces when designing cities....

Herbalist held over sexual enhancement drugs Kampala City herbalist Ashiraf Rashid Lukwago was arrested on August 23, 2023 while at his “clinic” in Kawempe over misleading drug and treatment claims....

HEPS-Uganda and Civil Society partner under the Uganda Coalition for Access to Essential Medicines (UCAEM) and Vaccine Advocacy Accelerator (VAX Uganda) has unveiled the 2023 – 2027 Civil Society...

End of AIDS’ still possible by 2030 – UN Botswana, Eswatini, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe have already achieved what is called the 95-95-95 targets....