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Prioritizing Patient Safety in Uganda’s Healthcare System

Prioritizing Patient Safety in Uganda’s Healthcare System

  By Moses Talibita, Legal Officer, Uganda National Health Users and Consumers Organisation (UNHCO)   As epidemics continue to pose threats to public health in Uganda, ensuring patient safety takes on even greater importance. A cornerstone of this safety net ...

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Patient Dis-empowerment and the Rise in Hospital Detention Cases

UNHCO has repeatedly received reports of hospital detentions from patients and/or there caretakers. The media has also reported several cases of people being detained in private hospitals in Uganda for non-payment of hospital bills, despite the fact that hospital detention is ...

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PATIENTS STRIKE AT MULAGO HOSPITAL

UNHCO has been following the events that happened over the last 4 days in Mulago Referral hospital. Patients admitted to Mulago Hospital with spinal injuries early this week went on the strike abandoning their ward, demonstrating against lack of medical ...

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Prioritizing MDG 5.B – Working with University Students

In September 2006, the United Nations General Assembly resolved to adopt Target 5.B of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): “Achieve by 2015, Universal Access to Reproductive Health”. The four official indicators for MDG 5.B are: contraceptive prevalence rate; adolescent birth ...

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