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COMMENT | Judith Hope Kiconco | It’s that time of year again for nurses. Just last week, we had the midwives celebrate the International Day of the Midwife in style at KAWEMPE national referral hospital. Nurses are usually the first point of contacting for health care in our communities.    Nurses and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  More than 500,000 babies in Uganda are exposed to polio and tuberculosis. This is because they are not born in hospitals. When children are born, they are supposed to receive polio zero and Bacillus Calmette–Guérin |(BCG) vaccines which protect against tuberculosis at birth. The vaccines …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |   The Health Ministry has spent over seven hundred million shillings to test guests for COVID-19 as President Museveni takes oath  for a sixth term in office. URN has learnt that the over 4000  guests at the ceremony were subjected to tests as per the COVID-19 …

  Chicago, USA |  XINHUA |  U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday authorized the emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents aged 12-15 for the prevention of COVID-19 vaccine caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The FDA has determined that Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine has …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Police at Mukono are investigating a case of extreme cruelty  inflicted on a mother by staff of Mukono General Hospital who took awa a mother’s newly born baby and claim it died and they threw the body in a deep pit though the mother insists …

   Brussels, Belgium |  XINHUA |  The contract between the European Union (EU) and vaccine manufacturer AstraZeneca is valid until all COVID-19 doses set in the contract have been delivered, said a EU spokesperson on Monday. “The contract remains in force until the last doses are delivered,” said Stefan de …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health has said only travellers that have been fully vaccinated will not need to under go a COVID-19 tests on arrival into the country. According to a statement released by the Health Ministry today, only people who are fully vaccinated will …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Medical Interns will go on strike next week if the government does not address their demands. The interns want the government to increase their monthly allowance from  900,000 to the minimum wage of a U4 doctor which stands at 3 million Shillings. In a statement …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Nurses and midwives under their umbrella organization the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council  have called off their impending strike after coming to an agreement with government. The strike was called off after government committed to allocating 44.9 billion Shillings  that will go towards providing a …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Mental health activists are concerned about the inadequate number of psychiatrists in Uganda. They say that the shortage of psychiatrists in mental health facilities in the country has greatly affected the provision of mental health services and denied several clients from accessing or getting adequate …