Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans dismissing disease outbreak announcements as alarmist are fatigued with epidemics, Dr. Richard Kabanda, the Commissioner for Health Promotion and Education, has said. On January 30, 2025, the Ministry of Health announced an Ebola Sudan virus outbreak after a 32-year-old male nurse from Mulago National …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has been asked to consider giving Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and a risk allowance to Village Health Teams (VHTs). Dr Diana Nambatya, the Deputy Country Director Living Goods said VHTs have been the least considered in terms of safeguarding them against infection …
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Mutukula, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Communities around the Uganda-Tanzania border at Mutukula remain complacent even as the number of truck drivers who have gone through Mutukula border and have tested positive for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is on an increase. This was revealed by Richard Kabanda, the Commissioner for Health …
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