Tag Archives: Ministry of Health

By Stephen Kafeero Uganda is currently engulfed in a blood shortage crisis with deaths being reported across the country and Mulago heart institute suspending all major operations. In her statement to the press, the minister of state for Health in charge of primary health care, Sarah Opendi, attributed the current …

By Julius Odeke Ministry of Health and its partners have hired ten technical experts to handle and contain the spread of Marburg cases in the identified districts. The ministry of health says the death toll of both the probable and confirmed cases stands at eight, with the latest being a …

By Sarah Namulondo The ministry of health has today revealed a Marburg response plan and budget amounting to sh2.3 billion to control the outbreak of the disease. The money which is going to be used in facilitating central level activities is 1.7 billion majorly focusing on case management, surveillance, research …