Health

Rukungiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A section of health practitioners in Rukungiri district under their umbrella body Uganda nurses and mid- wives union (UNMU) want the president of Uganda Yoweri Museveni vaccinated against Covid -19 using AstraZeneca vaccine. In an interview with URN, the health practitioners said that the president …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Authorities in Buliisa district are considering relocating Butiaba Health Center III to Butiaba Sub county Headquarters. The Health facility was in October last year submerged by floods rising from the Lake Albert water levels.  As a result, health services at the health facility were  then …

Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Mpigi district  department is facing a big challenge to convince its people to accept being vaccinated against COVID-19. The district deputy health officer Dr. Margret Nannozi says that the exercise will take a longer time as majority of the people have a negative attitude towards …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The vaccination against COVID 19 has kicked off in Luwero district with a call to health workers to debunk misinformation about the exercise. The district launched the vaccination exercise at Luwero Hospital on Monday targeting at least 1,174 health workers from both governments and private …

Wakiso , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Wakiso leaders are bitter, that no senior leader at the ministry of health could make time to attend the launch of the National Sanitation Week in the very district where practically they are based, during this era of Covid-19 where sanitation is the key …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Health officials from the UN and the European Union will meet this week on the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after several more countries suspended its use, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.  WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists that WHO’s …

 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | THE INDEPENDENT | The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said that nine African countries have reported more than 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU) Commission, said on Sunday that South Africa is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Ministry of Health will not halt the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine, saying no severe effects have been reported.  This follows the suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine in several countries including the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on grounds that some of the people …

Amudat, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  | Several Mothers in Amudat district in Karamoja sub-region have a reason to smile following the delivery of two ambulances and one mobile clinic. Moroto and Napak districts also received similar donations from the Dry Land Integrated Development Project for Karamoja with funding from the Office …

Geneva, Switzerland | THE INDEPEDNENT | The World Health Organization, the vaccines alliance GAVI and Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations CEPI have launched one of the most ambitious inoculation delivery plan in history, dubbed COVAX. The plan is to ensure the poorer countries in the world are all able to receive …