Tag Archives: Ministry of Health

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng has called on well-wishers to donate protective full-length gowns for medical workers to use during the coronavirus (COVID-19) fight. Although the Ministry has been receiving donations, the waterproof surgical gowns that have been specially designed to stop …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of cholera cases in Moroto district has reached the 100 mark despite several interventions by Ministry of Health and World Health Organization-WHO. On Friday, WHO delivered several items to the district comprising beds, drugs and water purification tablets among others to help combat …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  All truck drivers employed in Uganda will have to undergo mandatory testing for COVID-19. This is according to new operating procedures released on Saturday.  As part of the new measures, transport or logistic companies will have to test all their drivers within the country and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Majority of the people that have tested positive for COVID-19 in Uganda did not present any of the common symptoms associated with COVID-19. The symptoms associated with COVID-19 include fever, flu, cough, general body weakness and difficulty in breathing. Last month, the US Centers …

  Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luweero has intercepted a coronavirus (COVID-19) positive truck driver and a female friend. The driver was on his way to Elegu border in Amuru district. The 28-year-old Ugandan truck driver was intercepted at a road block mounted by police at Don Petrol …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cholera patients admitted to Loputuk Health Center III in Moroto district do not have enough beds. The centre which has up to 22 admitted patients has only six beds and as a result, more than 15 patients are now sleeping on the floor some in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has received Personal Protective Equipment-PPE worth 3.1 billion Shillings, thanks to the National Fellowship of Born Again Pentecostal Churches. The donation which comes amidst crises for PPE from health workers includes 1500 boxes of gloves, 4200 boxes of N95 masks, overalls, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is running out of Personal Protective Equipment-PPE at hospitals according to the Ministry of health.  The Ministry’s PPE stock supplies status for the last week of April 2020 shows that the country’s PPE stocks are critically low and what is available cannot be enough …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has warned that persons who do not comply with a directive on wearing masks will be apprehended. The caution comes a day after the Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng signed an instrument to enforce the compulsory wearing of masks …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | While the media is covering information on billions of money that the Ministry of Health is receiving to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Dr. Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry has described these as mere rumors that should be disregarded. She said so …