Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry has dropped its earlier decision requiring all people showing up for COVID-19 vaccination to present National Identification cards. The Health Minister, Dr. Ruth Aceng, says they have put in place new measures to identify the beneficiaries. The minister’s announcement comes a few …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s decision to ban the importation of maize from Uganda has raised widespread concern in the country. Some Members of Parliament have urged the government to intervene at the East Africa Community level, saying the ban would affect the market for Ugandan farmers along …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For decades, cancer patients in Uganda have painstakingly endured barriers in accessing life-saving treatment at Uganda Cancer Institute. That may not be the case anymore as Uganda Cancer Institute integrates the patient navigation program as part of the services in cancer management in Uganda. It …
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Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Butchers in Omoro Town Council have rejected an abattoir over the appalling state of the facility. In 2018, the Town Council allocated 50 Million Shillings and constructed a modern slaughterhouse at Opit Central Ward and later officially handed it over to the butchers in December, …
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Napak, Uganda | Julius Businge | John Baptist Angolere 48, abandoned cattle rustling after surviving death eight times during cattle raids. The father of seven has now settled down in Auriki Akinei village in Iriiri Sub County in Napak district where he has excelled as a fruit farmer. He is involved in growing mangoes, …
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Realistic assumptions for policymakers to build into their vaccination planning | SWEE KHENG KHOR | Vaccinating the world against COVID-19 is one of mankind’s most critical non-wartime efforts ever. Many countries have developed ambitious, politically sensitive, and carefully sequenced vaccination plans, but executing them successfully will be a challenge. To …
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‘Health for All’ does not mean an end to disease and disability, or that doctors and nurses will care for everyone COMMENT | Judith Hope Kiconco | It’s already March, the last month of the first quarter of 2021 and we are still in challenging times full of uncertainty due to …
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Is Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng ready for the next battle? COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Starting March 10, millions of people in Uganda will begin taking their COVID-19 vaccine jabs in an unprecedented vaccination programme unveiled recently by Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, Uganda’s Minister of Health. Speaking at the …
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Geneva, Switzerland | THE INDEPENDENT | World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Friday that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused more “mass trauma” than World War II and warned of its lasting consequences. “The world has experienced mass trauma because World War Two affected many, many lives,” WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Every week, 68-year-old Mary Oketta, from Kati Kati Village in the East of Gulu City, spends a minimum of 2,000 Shillings to fuel her kerosene lamp, the main source of light for her household. Oketta is among the more than 60 per cent of the …
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