Tag Archives: Juliet Nakku

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The Health Ministry plans to introduce a new strategy where health workers will offer mental health services at the community level similar to the model of Voluntary Health Teams-VHTs.  Apparently, mental health services are largely a preserve of regional referral and national referral hospitals.  …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The question on how to effectively handle persons that develop a mental illness in the management of COVID-19, remains largely ignored, even as the Ministry of Health (MOH) adjusts its treatment protocols.  New homecare guidelines by the Ministry of Health allow persons with mild …