Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pece Prison in East Division in Gulu City has been placed under the 14 days’ mandatory quarantine after one of the inmates tested positive for COVID-19. The inmate, whose identity has been withheld, was transferred to Pece Prisons from Amuru district on June 30th, 2020. …
Read More »MPs raise concern over burial of Namisindwa COVID-19 victim
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have raised concern over the manner, in which the first Ugandan COVID-19 was buried. Yunis Chimatala, succumbed to Covid19 at Joy Hospice center in Mbale City around 2am on Wednesday last week. She was first admitted at Wasungui health center II on …
Read More »China launches study on liver cancer in hepatitis B patients
Beijing, China | XINHUA | A research project aimed at lowering the incidence of liver cancer among patients with hepatitis B was launched in China on Tuesday, which was World Hepatitis Day. The project, sponsored by the Chinese Foundation for Hepatitis Prevention and Control, will observe and study the five-year …
Read More »Doctors want gov’t to hire more specialists for regional referral hospitals
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors under the Uganda Medical Association want government to recruit more health workers for regional referral hospitals. According to the organisation, an assessment recently carried out revealed that many regional referral hospitals do not have enough enough doctors.The worst staffed hospitals according to the association …
Read More »Heart institute fails to attract consultant doctors
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Heart institute failed to utilize Shillings 420million for the recruitment of specialist doctors. The matter came to light when Dr. John Omagino, the Director of Institute appeared before the Public Accounts Committee on Monday. The committee chair and Budadiri West MP, Nathan Nandala Mafabi …
Read More »Mbale Regional blood bank runs out of blood again
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale regional blood bank in Mbale has run out of blood again for the second time since the COVID-19 lockdown started in March this year. The regional blood bank suffered the first blood shortage few weeks after the closure of schools and suspension of public …
Read More »COVID-19: Uganda registers second death, an 80 year old
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has registered a second Coronavirus (COVID-19) death, according to the ministry of health. The second case is an 80-year-old female, a resident of Mengo, Kisenyi III in Kampala. She was admitted to Platinum hospital on Friday July 24, 2020 at 5:00 pm after …
Read More »Dapivirine vaginal ring gets nod for HIV prevention among women
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A vaginal ring that has been undergoing trials has been given approval by the European Medicines Agency to be used as an HIV prevention method among women who have tested negative. The flexible vaginal ring which contains Dapivirine, an antiretroviral drug, is inserted in the …
Read More »Kenya records highest daily spike in COVID-19 cases as tally passes 15,000
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Kenya’s total number of COVID-19 cases rose to 15,601 after 796 infections, the highest ever recorded in a single day, were confirmed on Thursday, Kenya’s Ministry of Health said. Mercy Mwangangi, Chief Administrative Secretary in the Ministry of Health said the latest infections are from …
Read More »Kabale district receives 197,000 face masks
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government has delivered 197,000 face masks to Kabale district. The masks were delivered to the district task force on Wednesday by the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) officers attached to Service brigade. Darius Nandinda, the Resident District Commissioner Kabale who is also the head …
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