Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Butiaba Health Center III in Buliisa District has been closed leaving hundreds of patients stranded. Last year, the health centre was submerged following the rising water levels of Lake Albert. The staff quarters, maternity, male and female wards, store, Outpatient Department-OPD and roads leading to …
Read More »Displaced by floods, now nomadic Butiaba HCIII to vacates school for new refuge
Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Buliisa district are considering relocating Butiaba Health Center III to Butiaba Sub county Headquarters. The Health facility was in October last year submerged by floods rising from the Lake Albert water levels. As a result, health services at the health facility were then …
Read More »Health workers abandon ebola screening centers over pay
Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 100 health workers deployed to manage various Ebola screening centers in Bullisa district have abandoned their duty stations citing none payment. The affected include members of Village Health teams-VHTs and Health workers attached to various health facilities in the district. The affected workers …
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