Health

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a second round of mandatory mass testing for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Amuru District. The recommendation follows a situation assessment conducted by a team of case management consultants headed by Dr Michael Mawanda to devise stringent measures for …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  There is increasing hope that the world may soon overcome the COVID-19 threat thanks to two vaccines that have shown they can protect the body against the disease.  According to preliminary findings published in the science journal, two vaccines, one from Oxford University and the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Another group of Members of the Watoto Children’s Choir has returned home after more than three months in Brazil. They are among the 88 Ugandans who landed at Entebbe International Airport last evening on flights from Canada, Brazil and the Caribbean.  The choir, with 26 …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A number of residents in Serere and Soroti districts have missed out on the long-lasting insecticide mosquito nets being distributed by the government, as part of a new campaign codenamed ‘Under-the-net. The government procured 75.5 million mosquito nets to be distributed across the country in …

Mukono , Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Families of women operating in friendship village, a crafts market in Mukono district are struggling to survive after many of their activities were destabilised by the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown.  The village started in 2007 with about 133 houses headed by women living with HIV. …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The number of people seeking medical services from Mulago Hospital has drastically reduced during the COVID-19 lockdown. According to Dr Byarugaba Baterana, the executive director of the hospital, many Ugandans developed a phobia for the facility upon learning that it was treating COVID-19 patients.  Baterana …

Entebbe, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A section of Ugandans quarantined at Evelyn Apartments have staged a protest against the extension of their quarantine beyond the mandatory 14-days. The group, which returned into the country on July 2, was expected to complete the quarantine on Friday, July 17. But according to …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police were heavily deployed at the Jinja Regional Referral Hospital as COVID-19 patients attempted to flee from the isolation centre.   The patients were protesting the poor living conditions at the centre, late meals, poor sanitation and delayed results. The patients further challenged the absence of …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Florence Anabo, a 23-year-old mother from Amuria district whose baby was implanted in the liver before delivery has been discharged from Soroti Regional Referral Hospital. The mother was discharged together with her baby after spending a month in the hospital. She was operated by a …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Up to 300 Members and Staff of Parliament were screened for COVID-19 on Thursday. The screening which started at 8 a.m. and closed at 5 p.m. followed guidance by the Ministry of Health to test all members as a way of reducing exposure to COVID-19 …