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Health
State Minister for Primary Health Care, Hon. Margaret Muhanga Mugisa, has urged individuals and institutions to support various stakeholders in ensuring the health of mothers across the country.
President of the Uganda Medical Association (UMA), Associate Professor Frank Asiimwe Rwabinda, has praised the growth of medical schools in Uganda, noting that for nearly 70 years, Makerere University was the only institution training doctors in the country after medical education began in the institution in 1924.
Behind the quiet walls of student hostels and university corridors, a silent reproductive health crisis is brewing. What is meant to be an emergency solution, the morning-after pill, is increasingly being misused as a routine contraceptive among university students.
Let’s begin with the culprits. While sugary foods are widely known to be harmful, many people don’t realise how some common foods quietly cause tooth decay.
A new chapter of hope and improved healthcare has begun for mothers and newborns in Northern Uganda with the official launch of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Amai Community Hospital in Amolatar District.
A particularly alarming case involved a student who took crystal meth and spent two days playing PlayStation nonstop. “He blacked out and only woke up the next day in the afternoon,” said another student who witnessed the incident.
It is often accompanied by nausea, fatigue, diarrhoea, and headaches. While cramping is common, the intensity and duration of pain vary. For some, it’s mild and manageable, but for others, it’s severe enough to interfere with everyday activities, causing physical and emotional distress.
“Urine is primarily produced by the kidneys and travels through the ureters to the bladder, where it is stored before being expelled from the body via the urethra,” she explains.
Thus, the news of the establishment of the Uganda Christian University (UCU)-Kagando College sent a strong wave of hope and excitement both within the UCU fraternity and the Kasese, western region, community.
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