Tag Archives: Dr Jane Ruth Aceng

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lockdown has been a success in reducing the number of Covid-19 infections in the country. This is according to the Ministry of Health. Last month, President Museveni announced several measures including the closure of schools, suspension of religious gatherings and transport between districts, for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng left Members of Parliament in shock when she said she cannot tell the date when government procured vaccines will arrive. Aceng and Permanent Secretary Diana Atwine had appeared before Parliaments COVID-19 taskforce which is scrutinizing interventions put …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is investigating private hospitals that are charging COVID-19 patients exorbitantly. This follows reports that private health facilities are charging as much as 5 Million Shillings daily to provide care for the patients. Dr Monica Musenero, the senior presidential advisor on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda needs 8,000 cylinders of oxygen daily to supplement what is provided at regional referral hospitals, according to the Minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng. According to Dr. Aceng, the country is facing a very big oxygen deficit which can only be solved by …

National Health Insurance Scheme seeks to achieve health equity among all Ugandans in the formal and informal sectors Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts have said that the public and the politicians that passed the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) bill which is touted as one that will enable Uganda to achieve health …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Insurance bill that was recently approved by parliament does not favour all Ugandans, the Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has revealed. According to the minister, the bill doesn’t address the concerns raised by the stakeholders who are expected to contribute to the scheme. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has asked all persons aged 70 and above to go to vaccination centres for COVID-19 jabs. In a Thursday evening joint press statement, Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng said while they had initially planned to vaccinate the elderly starting from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has received its second donation of COVID-19 vaccines. The government of India donated the new consignment consisting of 100,000 AstraZeneca vaccines. The vaccines arrived on Sunday at Entebbe International Airport, just a day after the arrival of the first consignment of COVAX consisting of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first batch of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines landed at Entebbe International Airport today at around 2:55 pm aboard an Emirates 777 Boeing flight. A total of 864,000 vaccine doses with which an estimated 432,000 Ugandans will be vaccinated are part of the first …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 117 districts across the country are reporting positive cases of COVID-19, yet the disease has spread in all corners of the country according to Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng. Although she doesn’t mention the districts that are not testing, Aceng reveals that the …