Category Archives: Healthcare

Ugandan HIV Rates Increase

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

HIV has featured highly in the local and national news in Uganda this week. This comes as the Ministry of Health announced that the HIV infection rate in the country has risen to 6.7%. This equates to approximately 2.3 million … Continue reading →

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Did you get a public holiday to celebrate women?

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

International Women’s Day This week Amy and I were bemused to find out that we had an extra day off: to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD). What was funnier, though, was that the Ugandan people we spoke to were equally … Continue reading →

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Drug Use on the Street in Jinja: The Shocking Truth

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

This very blog has in the past reported on the high level of drug use amongst children and young adults living on the street in Jinja. The drug used is paraffin, known locally as ‘mafuta’. To take it, around 30ml … Continue reading →

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Health, hospitals, needles that break and texts that save lives …

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

Healthcare Alongside access to education, one of the biggest challenges facing people in Uganda is access to affordable, effective healthcare. In Uganda the government has talked of implementing a system of free healthcare, with a health centre in every district. … Continue reading →

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