“LINK BUS TO BE SURRENDERED TO GOVERNMENT FOR CONTRAVENING EBOLA GUIDELINES”- PRESIDENT MUSEVENI WARNED TRANSPORTERS By Goodluck Musinguzi Two passengers (Bus Inspectors) whose health status is not known with families in Kasanda district the epi-centre of Ebola Virus Disease, decided to leave the area after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced …
Read More »FIRST EBOLA LOCKDOWN IN UGANDA INTENDED TO STOP SICK PEOPLE FROM TRAVELLING TO POPULATED AREAS By Goodluck Musinguzi 26 days after announcing the Ebola breakout in Uganda, the Ministry of Health has been forced to recommend a lockdown in two districts of Mubende and Kasanda the epi-centre of the viral …
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DR JANE RUTH ACENG LEADS STRATEGIC COMMITTEE/RESPONSE PARTNERS ON EBOLA TO KASSANDA By Goodluck Musinguzi Kassanda District Task Force has hosted the National Strategic Committee and Response Partners on Ebola after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced the 21 days lockdown. They held a dialogue with the community at Bweyongede and …
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By Goodluck Musinguzi Kaabong General Hospital produced close to 1000 babies in the year 2020, 6 mothers died in labour while they recorded 21 Fresh Still Birth. These children are part of the 1.5 million children born per year in Uganda. Therefore, improving maternal and neonatal health is the dream …
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By Edward Akaki – KaramojaIn 2021, the government through the Ministry of Health revealed that they had finalized the planning and funding for the installation of Computed Tomography (CT) Scan machines in all the fourteen regional referral hospitals in the country. The project that was slated for the previous year …
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Thursday, 27 October 2022 By Musana Venentulo-Serere The Member of Parliament for Pingire County Hon. Fred Opolot in partnership with the Northern Indian Association in Uganda (NICA) are set to hold the 69th free eye screening camp and 19th cataract surgery in serere HCIV. According to Gulshan Ram the Indian …
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Thursday, 27 October 2022 By Timothy Eodu-Karamoja Leaders from Karamoja have plauded the permanent secretary, Dr. Diana Atwine and the Ministry of Health for it’s response towards eliminating Malaria from the region. The leaders who joined the ministry officials during the launch of the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention said Malaria has …
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Wednesday, 26 October 2022 By Timothy Eodu-Moroto The permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health Dr. Diana Atwine and the State Minister for health Hon. Anifa Kawooya Bangirana has today launched the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) program in Karamoja. The launch brought together several local leaders from the nine districts …
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By Edward Akaki-Kanungu Save the Children Uganda under their Kanungu distrist branch has today donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), detergents and temperature guns to the Kanungu district local government COVID-19/Ebola taskforce in a bid to strenghthen the district’s capacity to fight the disease if it arises.Among the things received at the …
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By Moureen Semafara Residents of Bushunga B village were Monday evening left with grief after a 17 year old boy was buried alive by landslide following a heavy down pour. The deceased has been identified as Harelimana Julius, son of Ngendahimana Silver, a resident of Bushunga A village Busengo parish …
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