LIONS Club International is to construct a hospital in Uganda for free treatment for eye complications, its former president has said.

The Government has committed itself to round table talks with nurses a day after they threatened to go on strike.

AKELLO Kevin Omongin is the LC3 vice chairperson of Katakwi Town Council. Elvis Basudde interviewed her about the challenges faced by the leaders and the people of Katakwi. Below are the excerpts.

Six out of the 30 Egyptian medical doctors who were recruited by the Taraba State government last year to manage the new state Specialist Hospital in Jalingo, have been granted registration permit by the Nigerian Medical and Dental Council, Daily

Wife of the president, Mrs Turai Yar'Adua, yesterday pledged to reduce maternal mortality in the country.

ZAMBIA and Russia yesterday signed a US$7 million grant for the malaria national support programme.

AN acute shortage of a TB vaccine has put the lives of more than 100,000 newborn babies at risk.

Deaths caused by malaria in Singida district have decreased significantly, the District Council's malaria control coordinator has said.