Tag Archives: Ministry of Health

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s ministry of health on Monday said it has heightened surveillance following the spread of monkeypox in some parts of the world. Dr. Henry Mwebesa, director general of health services, said although Uganda has not registered any case, there is a need to increase surveillance …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 30 private health facilities in Kampala and dozens others in the country side have expressed interest in offering COVID-19 vaccination, heeding to a call for help by the Ministry of Health (MOH) some weeks ago to salvage vaccines that are at a verge of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda will not be affected by monkeypox according to officials from the Ministry of Health. Monkeypox is a viral disease caused by the orthopoxvirus. It is a zoonotic disease spread from animals to human beings. The disease belongs to the same family as the eradicated smallpox …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has registered a decline in the number of women who die every day while giving birth. According to reports from the Ministry of Health, 5 mothers who deliver in health facilities are dying. This is 11 women less than the 16 mothers registered in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | AstraZeneca’s Healthy Heart Africa (HHA) programme marked two years of action against hypertension on May 17, working in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau (UPMB). Since its launch in May 2020, up to the end of March 2022, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The majority of Ugandans who were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 have not received booster doses as recommended by health professionals. Records from the Ministry of Health show that more than 10.2 million people representing 48 percent of the targeted 22 million people were fully vaccinated …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of health will start vaccinating children against COVID-19 next month, health minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has said. The vaccination will start with secondary school children when the school term commences on May 9, she told the media on Wednesday. “The Pfizer vaccine approved …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 15.9 million Ugandans could have been infected with COVID-19, this is according to a study published by the World Health Organization-WHO. According to the findings of the study that were presented on Thursday during a weekly meeting, the number of COVID-19 cases that were reported …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have tasked the government to explain the circumstances surrounding the construction of the specialized hospital in Lubowa. This was during the Tuesday sitting in which Parliament paid tribute to the former Speaker Jacob Oulanyah who died in a hospital in Seattle, the …

“Zero Malaria Business Leadership Initiative” is aimed at ending malaria by 2030 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The private sector under the Malaria free Uganda council has rolled out a campaign dumped “Zero Malaria Business Leadership Initiative” aimed at ending malaria by 2030. The campaign brings together private businesses and …