Closing the Gap with ETAT+, Saving Children’s Lives, and Advancing Health Equity in Uganda
Imagine rushing your feverish child to the nearest health facility, desperate for timely treatment. By…
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Busoga Leaders Join Efforts to End Malaria
By: Tatumwa Desmond Benjamin Busoga Health Forum, under the leadership of their advisor Dr. Spesiosa…
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Local Leaders Championing Community Health Transformation in Namayingo.
By: Tatumwa Desmond Benjamin Busoga Health Forum (BHF) has embarked on an ambitious project to…
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Teenage Pregnancy Epidemic in Busoga
By Grace Nuwahereza In the heart of Busoga, a big problem is hurting our young…
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Busoga Health Forum Earns Royal Recognition as They Meet the Kyabazinga of Busoga!
By: Tatumwa Desmond Benjamin In a meeting on 4th May, 2024, Busoga Health Forum had…
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What it means to be a member of Busoga Health Forum
By Tatumwa Desmond Benjamin In the heart of Uganda’s Busoga Region, an organization stands as…
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Busoga needs more blood donors to address the crisis.
By: Tatumwa Desmond Benjamin In June 2023, the available blood supplies in Uganda reached 313,659…
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Strategies to eliminate cervical cancer disease.
By: Tatumwa Desmond Benjamin Cervical cancer is caused by persistent infection within the human papillomavirus…
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Navigating family planning realities: Empowering informed choices amidst side effects
By: Jacquellyn Ssanyu, PhD student, Coordinator UTP (sanyukajacque@gmail.com) In regions like Busoga where high teenage pregnancy rates…
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Addressing Increasing Cases of Stroke Patients in Busoga. BHF takes a Stand.
By: Tatumwa Desmond Benjamin The burden of stroke is on the rise, affecting many individuals…
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Former Vice President Dr. Speciosa Advocates for Professional Growth and Support to Busoga Health Workers.
By: Tatumwa Desmond Benjamin On October 15, 2023, members of the Busoga Health Forum congregated…
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Health Impact: Busoga Health Forum,Hope and Healing Center Kiwanyi transform lives through compassion and expertise.
By Tatumwa Desmond Benjamin Kiwanyi village, found in Nawandala sub-county, Iganga district, is where a…
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Women Deliver Conference 2023 in Solidarity in advancing Universal Health Coverage.
By Akongo Dorothy According to WHO, Universal Health Coverage requires that all people have access…
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Global Health Corps: Serving, Learning at Busoga Health Forum
By Claire Zerida Balungi Wooh! It’s been a year! As I conclude my 13-month Global…
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Global Surgical Center, Kyabirwa Launches Hernia Camp, 2023
By Tatumwa Desmond Benjamin It’s day 5 of the Hernia Camp at Kyabirwa Surgical Center…
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Family Planning education should be introduced in schools
By Claire Zerida Balungi The 2018 National Sexuality Education Framework in Uganda aims to foster…
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Social Media: Bridging the Family Planning Information Gap in urban areas in Busoga
By Elizabeth Namara According to the Ministry of Health, 25 percent of Ugandan teenagers become…
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Traditional Birth Attendants Contributing To The Maternal Mortality In Busoga
By Benjamin Desmond Tatumwa Miss Mutesi, a 35-year-old resident of Kiwanyi village says she nearly…
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Why isn’t Respectful Maternity Care taken Seriously in Uganda?
By Hanna Carr – Physician at Pediatric Health Initiative It’s my 9th week in Uganda…
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Experience of a Swedish Resident Doctor in Jinja
By Erik Larsson Two months into my clinical rotation as a pediatric resident in Jinja,…
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The experience of using Radio in disseminating family planning information in peri-urban areas.
By Namutamba Sarah While implementing a research project that aims to increase Voluntary Family Planning…
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Busoga Medics call for action in the fight against cancer of the esophagus.
By Elizabeth Namara According to the 2020 International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) report,…
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Busoga Health Forum amplifies efforts to eliminate Sickle Cell Disease from Busoga
By Claire Zerida Balungi Have you ever tested for Sickle Cell Disease? Most probably, not…
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Conversation with a VHT: Understanding Women’s Health Needs
By Teja Sathi-Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering, Innovation& Design (CBID) team We started our day…
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Busoga Health Forum hosts Chinese Medical Team at Jinja Referral Hospital
On Wednesday, December 14, 2022, Busoga Health Forum in partnership with Busoga Consortium for Development…
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Busoga Health Forum moves to address Family Planning negative perceptions.
By Tatumwa Desmond Benjamin Most people know of family planning but they do not know…
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Reflections of Swedish Resident Pediatricians on their experience at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital
Starting August 2022, Busoga Health Forum played a co-host of three resident pediatricians from Astrid…
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Busoga Health Forum launches NCDs awareness campaign
By Tatumwa Desmond Benjamin Many people are living a sedentary lifestyle due to the kind…
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Ear, Nose, and Throat Challenge in Busoga: Insight from Dr. Fred Bisso
By Claire Zerida Balungi I watched her struggle to clean her son’s ear with a…
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BHF: A think-tank for best health promotion in Busoga
By Claire Zerida Balungi A fervent child grows to recognize and give back to the…
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BHF steps up efforts to put an end to malaria
By Elizabeth Namara Busoga sub-region has for long been known as one of the regions…
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Pathways to Hope Africa Pilots Electronic Medical Records software in Busoga
We were pleased to host PathWays To Hope Africa (PTHA) whose mission is to create…
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Three key lessons from using social media as a tool for disseminating family planning information
By Jacquellyn Nambi Ssanyu & Elizabeth Namara Urban Thrive Project Many Ugandans use social media…
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USAID RHITES-EC transition; Districts in East Central Uganda to take on coordination of Family Health Activities
By Claire Zerida Balungi Fulfilling our mandate as a regional convener for health professionals and…
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Busoga in urgent need of a blood bank
By Claire Zerida Balungi Oblivious of the political dilemma affecting quality of service offered in…
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Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, Busoga Health Forum commit to partnership
By Claire Zerida Balungi Last week climaxed on a grand note as Busoga Health Forum…
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Increased Malaria cases in Pregnancy linked to Poor Antenatal Care Seeking Behavior
By Judith Grace Amoit Antenatal Care services, the use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), and intermittent…
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Mothers advised to take breastfeeding seriously
By Elizabeth Namara According to the Uganda Demographic Health Survey (UDHS,2016), 9.6 percent of all…
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Sickle Cell Disease: An Ignored Killer
By Elizabeth Namara On June 19, 2022, World Sickle Cell Awareness Day was recognized all…
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Uganda Malaria Reduction Activity turns attention to Busoga’s wanting malaria situation
By Claire Zerida Balungi Who has never suffered from malaria in this room?” Mr. Benjamin…
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BHF trains line managers to boost supply of Family Planning services in Jinja & Iganga, Uganda
By Sarah Namutamba & Elizabeth Namara Busoga Health Forum (BHF) in collaboration with Makerere University…
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How we are using already existing community groups to share family planning information in Jinja and Iganga
By Dr. Felix Kizito- Project Coordinator, Busoga Health Forum Busoga Health Forum (BHF) in collaboration…
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Hope & Healing Center: A rural based clinic saving lives
By Elizabeth Namara Situated 25km away from Iganga town in Kiwanyi village, Kigulu North County…
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Agony as teenage mothers get abandoned after giving birth
By Rachel Wambuzi &Elizabeth Namara 18-year-old Anna Basiba, a resident of Nkalange B village, in…
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Iganga youth spearhead teenage mothers rehabilitation programme
By Tatumwa Desmond Benjamin The country has been bruised by Covid 19, and among these…
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Treatment default increasing risk of Mother-to-Child infections
By Elizabeth Namara Uganda still grapples with the burden of HIV despite the efforts put…
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Jinja health workers asked to integrate family planning
By Elizabeth Namara Health workers in Jinja have been urged to strengthen the integration of…
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BHF trains health workers on voluntary family planning provision
By Elizabeth Namara Busoga Health Forum (BHF) last week carried out the training of health…
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Costly medicine hindering diabetes care
By Elizabeth Namara Busoga Health Forum hosted a team of students from Ross School of…
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Big plans as BHF holds annual general meeting
By Elizabeth Namara Busoga Health Forum on April 2, 2022, held its first annual general…
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Big plans as Busoga Health Forum holds annual general meeting
By Elizabeth Namara Busoga Health Forum on April 2, 2022, held its first annual general…
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Early autism interventions key to making a difference
By Elizabeth Namara It is believed that the early identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)…
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Hearing day marked with free ENT services, sensitisation
By Elizabeth Namara Busoga Health Forum (BHF) participated in World Hearing Day 2022 activities through…
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Cancer care amidst the Corona virus pandemic
By Elizabeth Namara Cancer is a generic term for a large group of diseases that…
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Community perspectives on voluntary family planning
By Elizabeth Namara Busoga Health Forum (BHF) and Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH)…
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Respectful maternity care is every woman’s right
By Elizabeth Namara Uganda’s Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) has consistently been one of the highest…
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Plan International joins Busoga Kingdom to promote children’s rights
By Elizabeth Namara Plan International Uganda in partnership with the Obwakyabazinga Bwa Busoga through Ekigangu…
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Jinja, Iganga to prioritize voluntary family planning
By Elizabeth Namara Busoga Health Forum in partnership with Makerere University School of Public Health…
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Pre-marriage testing needed to end Sickle Cell
By Elizabeth Namara Sickle cell is a group of disorders that affect the hemoglobin, the…
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BHF leads teenage pregnancy fight in Busoga
By Elizabeth Namara Busoga Health Forum in partnership with the Obwakyabazinga Bwa Busoga has carried…
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Postpartum Depression, a ticking bomb
By Dorothy Akongo In Uganda, over 70 per 300 women suffer from postpartum depression and…
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Unspaced adolescent pregnancies; a neglected emergency
By Elizabeth Namara Uganda is currently not only grappling with the burden of adolescent and…
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Create a safe world for adolescent girls to attain economic independence
By Judith Grace Amoit What comes to your mind when one talks about “A GIRL”?…
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Opinion: Allow every girl to speak the digital language
By Elizabeth Namara As we mark this year’s international day of the girl child (October…
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Why Iganga’s pediatric wards are empty
By Sarah Namutamba Hand washing with soap could protect about 1 out of every 3 young…
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“Malaria strategy needs a rethink”
By Elizabeth Namara Busoga Health Forum has participated in the two-day webinar organized by Harvard…
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Blood shortage hits Busoga hard
By Elizabeth Namara Busoga region has been in a dire situation due to shortage of…
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RETHINKING MALARIA IN THE CONTEXT OF COVID 19
By Elizabeth Namara Uganda accounted for five percent of the global malaria according to the…
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BHF prioritizes voluntary family planning in urban areas
By Elizabeth Namara Busoga Health Forum (BHF) in partnership with Makerere University School of Public…
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Kyabazinga’s Covid-19 media drive launched
Obwakyabazinga bwa Busoga in partnership with telecom giants MTN, all media houses and other partners…
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BHF, UNAA donate personal protective equipment to hospitals
Busoga Health Forum in partnership with the Uganda North America Association have recently made a…
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COVID-19: Positivity rate drops by 7.3% in Kamuli district, deaths drop
Since September 2020 Kamuli district has accumulated a total of 630 COVID-19 positive cases out…
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Kamuli purchases modern ultrasound scan machine
The district has secured a state of the art modern color Ultrasound scan machine that…
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Weekly COVID-19 updates from Kamuli District with Dr Fred Dr Duku
Since September 2020 Kamuli district has accumulated a total of 607 COVID-19 positive cases out…
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Our strategic plan in six minutes
Cognisant of time constraints, we have summarised our five year strategic plan in six slides…
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Busoga Health Forum starts webinar series
The webinars which started in late March are meant to boost skills among health workers…
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Impact of COVID-19 on RMNCAH, HIV services in Busoga
A new study conducted the eleven Busoga sub-region districts has found that there was an…
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Luuka, Mayuge report cases of Acute Flaccid Paralysis
Two Busoga districts of Luuka and Mayuge are among the eight in the country that…
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Jinja children with HIV/AIDS not adhering to treatment
A new study shows that children under 5 years in Jinja had a high level…
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