HOW EBOLA LOCKDOWN AFFECTED STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS By Goodluck Musinguzi President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced a lockdown in Mubende and Kassanda districts because Sudan ebola virus infections were increasing and threatened to spread throughout the whole country. The month of October is very critical in the education calendar as …
Read More »ACCOUNTABILITY BY MINISTRY OF HEALTH SATISFACTORY – US AMBASSADOR
ACCOUNTABILITY BY MINISTRY OF HEALTH SATISFACTORY – US AMBASSADOR By Goodluck Musinguzi The US Ambassador in Uganda appreciated the Ministry of Health for accountability for past health emergencies and planning for future outbreaks. I trust that through the Ebola recovery plan outlined today, Uganda will become stronger and better prepared …
Read More »UK pleased with the support it gave Uganda to manage the Ebola outbreak
UK pleased with the support it gave Uganda to manage the Ebola outbreak By Goodluck Musinguzi United Kingdom Team joined World Health Organization joined the Ministry of Health and other development partners to discuss and endorse the post-ebola recovery plan to be implemented in 180 days in the country(Uganda). …
Read More »Use our locals during construction, Karamoja leaders task contractor
Thursday, 9 February 2023 By Timothy Eodu Karamoja leaders moot for community involvement in security roads construction. Several leaders from Karamoja have called upon the ministry of works and it’s constructors to consider using the local population especially the karacunas (youth). The leaders urge that some of these karacunas (youth) …
Read More »MINISTRY OF HEALTH MEETS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS TO DISCUSS POST-EBOLA RECOVERY PLAN
MINISTRY OF HEALTH MEETS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS TO DISCUSS POST-EBOLA RECOVERY PLAN By Goodluck Musinguzi World Health Organization joined the Ministry of Health and other development partners to discuss and endorse the post-ebola recovery plan to be implemented in 180 days in the country(Uganda). Hon Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health …
Read More »US lifts screening of Ugandan arrivals after Ebola outbreak declared over
US lifts screening of Ugandan arrivals after Ebola outbreak declared over By Goodluck Musinguzi The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has lifted screening of travellers from Uganda to the United States has ceased after Ugandan officials declared the Ebola outbreak in their country (Uganda). Two 21-day(42) incubation periods …
Read More »EBOLA FIGHT IN UGANDA – BONNY NATUKUNDA
EBOLA FIGHT IN UGANDA – BONNY NATUKUNDA By Goodluck Musinguzi The Uganda Ministry of Health declared an Ebola outbreak in Uganda on the 20th, of September 2022 after confirming an Ebola case at Mubende regional referral hospital. More cases were since confirmed and death from the Ebola Virus Disease …
Read More »Mulalu donates 54 modern electric beds to Katakwi General Hospital
By Richard OnapatumKatakwi general hospital has on Saturday 28th January, 2023 received a variety of modern electric beds and equipment worth 300million to improve on the patient’s bed ratio in the hospital.The health equipment delivered during the weekend to the hospital include 54modern beds, 57 modern coated mattresses, 97 bed …
Read More »Urgent call for better prevention and surveillance: After Ebola outbreak in Uganda
Urgent call for better prevention and surveillance: After Ebola outbreak in Uganda By Goodluck Musinguzi On Sept 20, health authorities in Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola virus after a 24-year-old was confirmed positive for the relatively rare Sudan strain of the virus, termed Sudan Ebola virus, for which there …
Read More »CDF Mbadi Praises UPDF Medics For Role in Fighting Ebola
CDF Mbadi Praises UPDF Medics For Role in Fighting Ebola HEALTH CDF Mbadi Praises UPDF Medics For Role in Fighting Ebola The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen Wilson Mbadi on Wednesday commended the Chieftaincy of Medical Services for their role in fighting the deadly Ebola Virus Disease. Speaking to …
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