Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has said that people who are testing positive for COVID-19 but don’t have symptoms continue to flout home-care guidelines and mixing with the community and increasing the threat of spreading the virus. While initially whoever tested positive could be isolated at …
Read More »Health Ministry losing track of Covid-19 patients under home care treatment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is struggling to track recovered COVID-19 patients under the home-care treatment program. While the health ministry has records of COVID-19 patients admitted within the public and private healthcare system, it has very little or no information on the patients seeking treatment …
Read More »Gender Ministry sets new standards, clears only 31 Children’s Homes
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender has renewed licenses for 31 children’s homes, some of which had been closed for lack of adequate facilities. The ministry closed up to 150 homes in a four-month exercise that began in September 2018. The exercise was as a result …
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