The World Health Organisation (WHO) said 160,000 children acquired the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in 2021. The WHO also said a child dies from AIDS-related causes every...
Uganda has declared an end to an Ebola virus outbreak that emerged almost four months ago and claimed the lives of 55 people. “We have successfully...
Police in Uganda have arrested the high-profile events organiser behind a New Year concert that ended in a crush killing 10 people, mostly children. Abbey Musinguzi,...
A two-year-old boy has survived being attacked by a hippopotamus near his home in the southwest. Iga Paul was playing near the shores of Lake Edward...
Researchers in Uganda say the Ebola virus circulating in the country has mutated. Prof Pontiano Kaleebu of the Uganda Virus Research Institute says there is however...
Soon Ugandans who need organ transplants will no longer have to travel abroad, thanks to a new law allowing the procedure in the country. Kidney patients...
In Uganda, there are already 31 confirmed Ebola cases. Six confirmed deaths have now been reported, one further death having been reported. The country’s health ministry...
Ugandan health authorities say an outbreak of the skin condition scabies has affected about 25,000 people in an eastern district near the capital, Kampala. Scabies is...
A 24-year-old man infected with Ebola has died in central Uganda in a fresh outbreak confirmed by health officials. The country’s health minister has told journalists...
Thousands of revellers from across East Africa and the world have gathered for Uganda’s Nyege Nyege festival which was allowed to go ahead despite a threat...
