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DHO issues verbal COVID-19 results to reduce delays

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  District Health Officers (DHOs) have opted to offer verbal COVID-19 results for timely service, amidst piling pressure on the Ministry of Health over the delayed return of results.  Masaka District DHO Dr Stuart Musisi says that since they stopped taking their results to the testing …

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Slums on the front line

They are next in the fight against the coronavirus | MAIMUNAH MOHD SHARIF | The spread of COVID-19 has transformed many of the world’s great cities into tragic household names as their reported cases and deaths rise: Wuhan, Milan, Madrid, New York City, and more. But as the pandemic continues …

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NRM delegates defy COVID-19 guidelines in Acholi campaign

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga and National Resistance Movement-NRM party delegates in Acholi defied the Ministry of Health`s guidelines on the control of COVID-19 campaigns during campaigns for the Central Executive Committee-CEC positions. Kadaga who is seeking to retain her seat as the National Female …

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More children likely to suffer from malnutrition

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More children under the age of five are likely to suffer from wasting and become dangerously undernourished. Wasting is a life-threatening form of malnutrition which makes children too thin and weak and puts them at greater risk of dying poor due to growth, development, …

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Entebbe hospital reopens maternity ward to handle pregnant returnees

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital has reopened the maternity ward to handle pregnant Ugandans and legal residents returning from abroad. In March, the ward was closed to the public just like other departments such as dental, surgery, outpatients to enable the facility to effectively manage …

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