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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.
“You’d be surprised how many students are hooked,” one student says, pulling back the curtain on a hidden crisis. “They can’t pay rent, but they’re high every day.”
This year, mental health services were added to the health awareness week’s activities to increase awareness.
On June 19, 2024, a significant training session on tuberculosis (TB) took place at Uganda Christian University (UCU) in Principles Hall
Not all adventures are created equal. Ask me – or maybe query a dozen Uganda Christian University (UCU) School of Dentistry students who recently traveled with me by boat to a remote island.
On June 19, 2024, a significant training session on tuberculosis (TB) took place at Uganda Christian University (UCU) in Principles Hall. This event was orchestrated by Dr. Brian Wamala on behalf of the Ministry of Health.
I was among the Uganda Ministry of Heath’s reported 7,500 cases of red eye in three weeks, starting in mid-March.
In 1984, as Boaz Mbagaya reported back to school, he was not at peace. His expecting mother was ill, and Mbagaya worried for the worse. That very week that the 18-year-old reported to school, he was called back home. His mother and the unborn baby had died.
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