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News and Articles

Coronavirus (Covid-19)

We have delayed posting about the new corona virus until more facts were known and wanting to avoid too much speculation. Now at least we know a lot more about what we don’t know. WHO may be close to calling a “pandemic”. China has effectively managed the epidemic, there are now more new cases every […]

Vaccine Update.

First the old news.Yellow fever vaccine is now valid for life. Anyone who has a certificate, whatever year it was given, that certificate is now valid for life. There may be a few problems of certificates issued by clinics notorious for giving a certificate without actually giving the vaccine: sadly that was common a few […]

Ebola Outbreak in DRC

According to information from the World Health Organisation, 41 cases of Ebola virus disease have occurred in DRC since April 4th 2018. The areas affected are remote health zones of Bikoro, Iboko and Wangata in Equator Province. Information to determine the extent of the outbreak is limited, but on-site investigation is ongoing and more than […]

The Surgery's Maternal & Child Health Clinic (MCH)

The Surgery’s Maternal & Child Health Clinic (MCH)

Are you expecting? Have you recently given birth? Do you have toddlers and older children? If so then our Maternal & Child Health Clinic is just right for you and your growing family. The Surgery’s MCH is a combination of antenatal, postnatal, and child health services. As of Wednesday 11th April we are offering these […]

Bird flu

So the next in a long line of health scares inflated by social media is bird flu. How many readers can remember the last bird flu scare? No? I remember I was playing the dame in the pantomime at the time and managed to work in a joke about it, so must have been at […]

Bilharzia

Schistosomiasis usually known as Bilharzia has been identified by WHO as one of the 6 “neglected diseases”. We are not surprised: we have been diagnosing thousands of cases over the last 20 years and only surprise is that most people have never heard of it. There are many different species, and the one most people […]

Bacterial Infection: Truths and Myths

One of the most common diagnoses made in Uganda is “bacterial infection” treated with “antibiotics”. In spite of a 6-year degree in medicine and a 5-year specialization course in Internal Medicine, I confess I was absolutely not familiar with this “disease”. So I logged on to one of the best medical literature website and typed […]

Amoeba

Some people have never heard of it, others blame it for every tummy trouble they get. So what is it, where does it come from what does it do? There are many different species of amoeba. Some simply crawl around in the bottom of ponds and swamps minding their own business. They are actively encouraged […]

Poisonous snakes in Uganda

In East Africa there are about 200 species of snake. Most of them are harmless or very rare. Basically there are 6 poisonous snakes in Uganda that can be fatal. 1. Bitis Arietans (puff adder) This is a strong and aggressive snake with an average length of 1 meter. It is mainly found on the […]