Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kwania district leaders have asked the Parliamentary Health Committee to push for the upgrade of Aduku health center IV. Aduku health center IV is facing challenges of insufficient medical equipment, inadequate infrastructures as well as the absence of an ambulance which has affected efficient service …
Read More »Kwania launches door to door mobilization to boost Covid-19 vaccination uptake
Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kwania district has embarked on the door to door mobilization to boost the COVID-19 vaccination uptake in the district. The district began vaccination in March this year after receiving 2,620 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the health ministry. The exercise commenced with the vaccination …
Read More »Expectant mothers shun health facilities as Covid-19 cases surge
Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kwania district health department has registered a decline in the number of pregnant mothers seeking antenatal care services. The expectant mothers are reportedly shunning health facilities for fear of contracting COVID-19. At least 10 health workers in the district have tested positive for COVID-19. Kwania …
Read More »Patients sharing general ward with dead bodies in Aduku health center IV
Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patients at Aduku health center IV in Kwania district have no choice but share a general ward with dead bodies due to lack of a mortuary. Aduku health center IV, a Kwania health sub district hospital that serves Kwania and patients from the neighboring Kole, …
Read More »Kwania district receives UGX 1.7 Bn to upgrade two health centres
Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kwania district has received 1.7 billion Shillings from the World Bank for the refurbishment and upgrade of two health center II’s to HCIII’s, under the Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer Program for Results- IFTPR. The beneficiary health centres include Akali HCII in the newly created Akali sub-county …
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