#Covid-19 takes a heavy toll on women’s health
Disruptions to essential health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic are being felt broadly. As the world marks International Women’s Day, a new World...
Obesity rising in Africa, WHO analysis finds
One in five adults and one in 10 children and teenagers are projected to be obese by December 2023 in 10 high-burden African countries...
Vaccination shouldn’t be mandatory – Law Society
As Parliament processes the Public Health (Amendment) Bill, 2021, Uganda Law Society (ULS) wants the proposal for mandatory Covid-19 vaccination should be dropped and...
New push to drive up Africa’s #Covid-19 vaccination
One year since the COVAX Facility delivered the first COVID-19 vaccines to Africa, around 400 million doses have been administered – the region’s largest...
New Health Bill seeks to impose jail or Shs4m fine for Ugandans against #Covid-19 vaccination
Parliament’s Committee on Health has started the consideration of the Public Health (Amendment) Bill, 2021 that among other things seeks to ensure mandatory COVID-19...
