Month: April 2024

[[{"value":"The Committee on Government Assurances and Implementation has questioned Mubende Regional Referral Hospital management for charging patients Shs150,000 for use of a CT Scan machine.. The members of the committee led by Luwero District Woman Representative, Hon. Brenda Nabukenya is following up on government assurances and promises in the health sector. Specifically, the committee is looking into the Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers (UGIFT) Loan Programme of Shs552.2 billion approved by Parliament […]

[[{"value":"The Indonesian Government delegation led by the Deputy for Emergency Management at BNPB, Maj. Gen. Fajar Setyawan and the Indonesian Ambassador to Sudan, Ambassador Sunarko, handed over humanitarian aid from the Indonesian Government to the Sudanese Government which was received directly by the Sudanese Minister of Health, Dr. Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim is located at Port Sudan International Airport. Humanitarian aid packages were carried using chartered Garuda Indonesia planes. The total […]

[[{"value":"​On the occasion of handing over medical aid to Sudan, on Thursday (4/4) the Central Team consisting of Deputy III for Emergency Management of BNPB, Chairman of Commission VIII DPR-RI and Assistant Deputy of the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture accompanied by Ambassador Sunarko and the Minister of Health of Sudan visited the Port Hospital. Sudan Al Hawadis which is the largest hospital in the Red Sea State. […]

[[{"value":"In early 2023, global and regional climate and circulation models predicted the El Nino oceanographic phenomenon for the 2023-2024. Predictions pointed to a high probability of both below-normal precipitation and above-normal temperature. Southern Africa is already battling with the effects of the El Nino induced drought phenomenon and Zimbabwe has declared the 2023-2024 summer cropping season a national disaster following the El Nino-induced drought. The Food and Agriculture Organization of […]

[[{"value":"Twenty-five-year-old Yainkain Sesay is expecting her first child. Before her first antenatal visit to King Harman Maternity and Child Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital city, she was anxious. “When I visited the hospital before I was pregnant, it was hard because I couldn't afford to pay for all the treatment,” she says. But when she returned this time, she was pleasantly surprised. “The health services here are good and […]