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A caretaker attends to a cholera patient in Manafwa district

IN the isolation ward of Manafwa Hospital, Irene Namasaba, 52, vomits uncontrollably. She is frail and looks dehydrated. The number of times she has passed watery stool is countless.  More...

Uganda to host breast cancer conference

THE third Annual Africa Breast Cancer Conference is slated for today and tomorrow at Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala. “We are working with Princess Nikky Foundation and the Ministry of Health to organise the conference,” the chairperson of the Uganda Women’s Cancer Support Organisation, Speciosa Kabwegyere, says.  More...

A participant receives a certificate after training as Dr. Wamboga (centre) and Dr. Ramon (second left) witness

A trial combining two drugs for sleeping sickness has been successful. The trial was conducted between 2003 and 2009, at Omugo Health Centre in Maracha/Terego district, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo Brazzaville. More...

Transmission, diagnosis, complications

WHEN an infected tsetse fly bites a person, a painful red swelling occurs. The infection spreads through the blood, causing fever, headache, sweating and swelling of the lymph nodes. More...

Help, my baby has a diaper rash

I am a first-time mother and my two-month-old baby developed a rash and my friends say it is a diaper rash. What causes it and how can I prevent it?  More...

Milk teeth often shed off on their own. There is no need to see a dentist unless the tooth is infected

LITTLE Jessy has a ‘dancing’ tooth, as his friends tell him. But while he is excited about the possibility of earning some coins from it, his parents are scared of the thought of having to pull it out. More...

Jenny Nutting cleans a decayed tooth during the dental camp in Gulu Hospital in 2008

DENTAL plaque can occur to anyone but is most prevalent in children aged 5 to 17 years. Dr. Odong Patrick, the district health officer in Amuru, says tooth decay results from the accumulation of a sticky film called dental plaque. More...

Some nurses do the work of laboratory technicians, doctors and vice versa

DIANA Kateeme, a midwife, is what we would call a modern Florence Nightingale. Her heart is full of compassion and her hands are always working round the clock to save lives. More...

Many taxis and other modes of transport are a haven for germs because of poor hygiene conditions

TAXIS, buses, boda bodas and trains carry everyone, from babies to the old, the healthy and sick and the blue-collar to the white-collar employees. But do you have an idea what fellow passengers have touched or what disease they are carrying? More...