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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga, has urged the government to increase budget allocations to the health sector. Presiding over at a fundraising for Kyambala health centre III in Bukulula sub county, Kalungu district, Mpuuga took note of the challenges dogging the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health (MOH) is seeking partnerships with local NGOs to help them reach out to the community as part of a new strategy of focusing more on disease prevention than treatment. State Minister of Health Hanifa Kawooya says that the Ministry of …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Village Health Team – VHTs Members from Mbarara City North Division on Friday evening stormed the Office of Mbarara City Commission over their delayed COVID-19 allowances. The over 100 VHTs wanted the office of the City Commissioner to intervene in the matter concerning …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe municipality, the first of its kind in Uganda, has started bearing fruits less than five months since it opened. Built at a cost of 117 billion shillings, the hospital was built under a public private partnership with the ministry of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Covid-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on the fight against HIV, TB and malaria in 2020. This is according to a new report released by the Global Fund on Wednesday. The report shows that while some progress was made, key programmatic results have declined …

Kathmandu, Nepal | Xinhua | World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday called for countries to work together to ensure that a pandemic at the magnitude of COVID-19 shall not occur again in the near future. “The pandemic’s impact differs from country to country,” Ghebreyesus said at the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The US Ambassador to Uganda, Natalie Brown, has reaffirmed their commitment towards fostering epidemiology training with the aim of strengthening Uganda’s health systems in response to disease outbreaks. Speaking at the launch of the Field Epidemiology Training Program-FETP in Jinja city on Tuesday, Natalie said …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of people turned up at the Mayor’s Gardens in Entebbe for a free yellow fever vaccination exercise organized by National Medical Stores-NMS. It started on Thursday and will end on Monday. On Saturday, it was a hustle, and survival for the fittest as people …

  Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Medical Stores (NMS) plans to digitally track all patients who will receive drugs and other essential supplies at public health facilities by 2024. The plan is part of the agency’s move to digitize the supply chain to enhance transparency in the procurement, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The re-opening of health training institutions has been characterized by low student turn up. The students were supposed to return to school yesterday after more than two months of being at home following the government’s move to institute a 42-day lockdown due to the …