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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum General Hospital has started distributing anti-retroviral drugs to HIV positive members under the community outreach program. The Senior Hospital Administrator Bezzy Omoya says this is to enable people living with HIV to conveniently access their medication during the lockdown. Under the program, antiretroviral …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Buhuhira sub county in Kasese district who were affected by mudslides have asked the government to provide relief. The most affected areas are Kigharama, Ntunga and Kuruhe. Now the residents want the government to come to their rescue. Erinora Tswende, one of …

Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Minister-in-charge of the Presidency Esther Mbayo has warned politicians against rejecting COVID-19 suspects evacuated to health facilities in their respective districts.  The Minister’s warning follows an incident on Monday when local leaders organized for the evacuation of two truck drivers to Kampala despite directives …

Kisoro, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  There is a dispute between local leaders and security officials in Kisoro district over the use of whips to enforce the Covid19 lock down. The disagreement started on Tuesday after soldiers stormed Kisoro and started whipping residents while ordering them to return to their homes. …

Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  City lawyer, Abdul Kiwanuka from Kiwanuka, Anyango & Tamale advocates has appeared before the Mukono Chief Magistrates’ court on charges of spreading disease. He was arraigned before the Mukono Chief Magistrate, Juliet Hatanga on Thursday following his arrest from Lutengo in Nama Sub County in Mukono …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Leaders in Gulu have translated the COVID-19 guidelines into vernacular to boost their response plan against the virus. The translation was done by an eight-member COVID-19 Gulu Task Force subcommittee on Risk, Communication and Community Engagement. The team included senior health workers and the material is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation (WHO) is urging countries to ensure that routine immunization programmes continues even as the organization had previously called for a postponement of immunization campaigns in countries that have recently had outbreaks of immunisable diseases like measles. When immunization services are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has moved to upgrade the force’s App to help Ugandans during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown. Police’s Chief Political Commissar- CPC AIGP Asan Kasingye working alongside Information Communication Technology ICT directorate headed by CP Felix Baryamwisaki have upgraded the App. Dubbed Uganda Police Force …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 1.1 Trillion Shillings is needed to support refugee populations and food insecure populations in Uganda, whose lives have been further disrupted by the outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19. This  is part of the UN Emergency Appeal for Response to COVID-19 fundraising campaign which …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The planned Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) initially scheduled to take place in May in high malarial districts has been cancelled. The World Health Organisation recommends IRS as a prevention mechanism should be done every after two years for efficacy. The intervention was last done …