Tag Archives: COVID-19

Washington, United States | AFP |  A massive wave of coronavirus infections is blasting through the world’s largest prison population in the United States even as officials begin opening up their economies, saying the disease has plateaued. One prison in Marion, Ohio has become the most intensely infected institution across the …

It can’t afford to lose resources to coronavirus | FREDROS OKUMU | Today, another 1,100 people will die from malaria. The number will be repeated tomorrow, and the day after. As a public health researcher, I embrace the idea that all lives have equal value. That our goal is much …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP |  It was during a phone conversation with her sister back in Qatar that the idea clicked for Hollywood animation artist Reem Ali Adeeb. Like other regions across the world, young children in the Middle East were confined at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, …

It’s not just about money Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga is facing a public relations disaster for allocating Shs20 million to each MP, ostensibly to do supervisory and advocacy work in the government fight against the Coronavirus disease COVID-19. But her reaction to President …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Danish Government has offered sh6 billion (14,500,000 Danish Kronner) to support Uganda’s efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The two grants, 10 million DKK for WHO and 4.5 million  DKK for UNFPA, aim at supporting Government of Uganda’s efforts towards the emergency response to the …

Washington, United States | AFP | They have seen war and toured the world’s “hot zones” tackling the kind of biological hazards that can threaten civilizations. But for these returned exiles, the US coronavirus outbreak has in some ways been more painful. From New York and North Carolina to the Pacific …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Diana Atwine said five districts along the Uganda-Tanzania border are mostly at risk during this Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Dr. Atwine made it clear on Friday that Mbarara, Ntungamo, Isingiro, Rakai and Kyotera are at a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua regional referral hospital has been hit by staff shortage amid the fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The hospital currently has 308 members of staff out of 360 essential staff to manage the hospital of which 277 are employed by the Ministry of health, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | International health experts have asked the World Health Organisation (WHO) to identify the animal source of the coronavirus (COVID-19) so as to enable further research. The need to find the source was one of the recommendations that health experts made to WHO during the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has embarked on a process of reuniting street children with their families. Harriet Mudondo, the Director Gender and Community Development at KCCA says they have been counseling the children and have now identified over 40 children who want to …