Health

Entebbe, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Entebbe Municipality National Resistance Movement-NRM parliamentary candidate, Stephen Shyaka Gashaija is under pressure from voters to fulfil his pledge to buy an ambulance for the municipality.    The voters led by Hassan Kikomeko, Entebbe Branch NRM Youth chairperson have taken to social media platforms …

Karamoja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Government through the office of the Prime minister has distributed 23,655, livestock to families in Karamoja under community empowerment  program since its inception in 2014. Mr. Francis Okori the commissioner for Karamoja development said the animals were  distributed since the program was rolled out by the first lady …

Napak, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Like many communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, the population of  Karamoja region, located in northeastern Uganda, is highly dependent on subsistence agriculture for food security and livelihoods. This makes them extremely vulnerable to climate change. The region receives little amount of rainfall with long period of drought from September …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of Health- MOH has commenced installation works of an oxygen plant at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital. The casualty ward at Entebbe hospital is currently undergoing remodelling to host the oxygen plant. This includes breaking walls of the two-roomed ward to create three rooms for the oxygen …

Lira, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of Health has launched a 3-year project worth Shillings 4 billion aimed at eliminating hydrocele and lymphatic filariasis (LF) commonly known as Elephantiasis from Lango Sub-region.  The Lango LF Morbidity Management and Disability prevention- MMDP project will support the provision of surgeries for hydrocele …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has launched a new partnership to strengthen the capacity of Africa to prepare for and respond to public health threats.  The four-year project dubbed ‘EU for …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Many African countries have demonstrated commitment to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) amid disruptions triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Saturday during the Universal Health Coverage Day. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa said that universal health coverage …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized the emergency use of Pfizer and BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines in the United States. The approval of two vaccines that were produced by US pharmaceutical companies follows data from an independent monitoring board showing that the drug that …

Lira, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Medical Association has raised concerns about the failure by the government to pay medics the COVID-19 risk allowances.   According to UMA, health workers at different covid-19 treatment centers like in Gulu, Moroto, Lira, Jinja and Iganga have not been paid the mandated risk …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Micheal Musiitwa Mugwanya, the first medic to succumb to COVID-19 in Kiboga district, has been eulogised as a person who turned around healthcare in the rural district of Kiboga. The Medic who developed symptoms of COVID-19 and ended in Intensive Care at Mulago National …