Tag Archives: Ruth Aceng

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is set to work through family and lower community structures to strengthen safe motherhood programs. Speaking at the annual Safe Motherhood event, the Minister of Health, Dr Ruth Aceng, noted that safe motherhood is a collective responsibility across various levels of …

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | For Milly Nakazzi, an assistant nursing officer at Uganda’s Kiruddu National Referral Hospital, the fact that at least six of every 10 patients she treats have malaria is business as usual. “The malaria rate is actually very high, not only here at Kiruddu but also …

How holes in an Ebola ‘firewall’ built over the last 20 years are being plugged SPECIAL FEATURE | RONALD MUSOKE |  On Jan.11, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, Uganda’s Minister of Health, declared Uganda free from the Ebola Virus Disease after a 113-day battle across nine districts. The event at the Mayor’s Gardens …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda on Tuesday ended a 42-day count down to be declared Ebola-free with no case reported in the period, the country’s Minister of Health said. Ruth Aceng, in a tweet, hailed the public for its vigilance in helping end the Ebola Sudan Virus outbreak, which was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Ministry of Health said it had registered four more cases of the deadly Ebola virus, bringing the country’s total number of confirmed cases to 15. The ministry said in a tweet late on Saturday there are 29 active cases on admission and 19 deaths, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Passengers arriving at Entebbe International Airport will no longer be required to wait for their Covid-19 test results. The Minister for Health, Ruth Aceng said that effective 05 November 2021, passengers will be allowed to proceed and self-isolate at home until they get their results. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawmakers have adopted a report by the Parliamentary Task Force on the National Covid-19 Response calling on the Auditor General to carry out a forensic audit into all Covid-19 expenditures to ascertain value for money. In its report to Parliament on 03 August 2021, the Task Force …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has started administering the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to persons who were inoculated during the first round that started in March. Persons who are eligible for the second dose should have received their first dose between March 10 and 24. All persons …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Health and Education ministries are seemingly in support of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of teachers and other frontline workers. While the government had initially said that COVID-19 vaccination is not compulsory and subject to consent since the vaccines are new and have never been used …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health experts have asked the Ministry of Health to be keen on who they accredit from the private sector to be importers of the Covid-19 vaccine. This comes amidst piling pressure on the Ministry by the private sector to be allowed to avail doses for …