Information picked up by The Chronicle has revealed that a pregnant woman whose identity is not yet known, died last Tuesday after she had gone into labour during the long curfew hours. The woman died after going through excruciating pains

Five-month-old Esther Amutusiimire needs $14,900 (about sh25m) for open heart surgery in India, writes Chris Kiwawulo. Amutusiimire has a congenital heart disease (Truncus Arteriosus type II), said the Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago.

The first ever business to media information portal in this part of the world, designed to help businesses gain the desired media attention in both the print and electronic media has been introduced into the Nigerian market.

The increasing number of accidents has led to the high demand for blood, a health official has said. Ambrose Magombe, a laboratory assistant with the Nakasero Blood Bank, said about 138,000 units of blood were consumed annually.

MEAT consumers should demand better quality and hygienic meat, the agriculture ministry has advised.

The World Health Organisation and the European Union have cleared Uganda to spray DDT to kill mosquitoes that spread malaria. Health minister Dr. Stephen Mallinga told Parliament on Tuesday that the organisations made the approval after studying how Uganda would

Livestock fever commonly known as nagana, has broken out in Busolwe, Butaleja district and western Kenya.

THE Uganda Programme for Human and Holistic Development (UPHOLD) has wound-up its six-year operation in Uganda. The $105m (about sh184b) USAID-funded scheme operated in 34 districts.

Nine nominees to serve as U.S. ambassadors in Africa appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday for confirmation.