Tag Archives: Unsafe

Beneath the constant hum of boat engines and the steady flow of passengers across Lake Victoria, a silent health crisis is deepening at Kigungu landing site, fuelled by misinformation, limited access to services and the transient nature of fishing communities.Health workers warn of rising HIV infections and unsafe abortions in the densely populated lakeside settlement, home to more than 70,000 …

Viewers: 50,004 By Spy Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law the National Drug and Health Products Authority Act, 2025, marking a major shift in Uganda’s fight against counterfeit medicines and unsafe health products. The new legislation replaces an outdated 1993 framework and establishes a powerful central regulator, the National Drug and Health Products Authority, with sweeping powers …

By Amos Tayebwa A silent but deadly crisis is unfolding in Mbarara, where medical experts are raising the alarm over a surge in maternal deaths linked to unsafe abortions—warning that the lives of young women are increasingly hanging in the balance. Doctors and health workers from Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital say the situation is spiraling, with desperate girls and women …