HOW UGANDA DEPLOYED ITS BEST EBOLA EXPERTS, WE DONT FEAR DEPLOYMENT By Goodluck Musinguzi After Uganda’s Ministry of Health announced the confirmation of Sudan Ebola Virus, there was coordination and sharing of information with medical experts all over Uganda. With support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners, …
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 »Napak, Moroto lead in PLE performance in Karamoja
By Edward AkakiThe ministry of Education and sports, Uganda yestersday 28th January 2023 released the results of the 2022 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) registering improvement in the overall performance country wide as compared to the previous two years.The total number of pupils who passed increased from 659,910 in the previous …
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 »WHO STATEMENT ON THE DAY UGANDA DEFEATED THE SUDAN EBOLA VIRUS
WHO STATEMENT ON THE DAY UGANDA DEFEATED THE SUDAN EBOLA VIRUS By Goodluck Musinguzi Uganda Declares End of Ebola Disease Outbreak Uganda today declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Sudan ebolavirus, less than four months after the first case was confirmed in the country’s central …
Read More »UGANDA DECLARES END TO LATEST EBOLA OUTBREAK-DR JANE RUTH ACENG
UGANDA DECLARES END TO LATEST EBOLA OUTBREAK- DR JANE RUTH ACENG By Goodluck Musinguzi Uganda declares end to latest Ebola outbreak Uganda has experienced several Ebola outbreaks, most recently in 2019 when at least five people died. The latest outbreak of this often fatal virus was first identified four months …
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 …
Read More »UGANDA ENDS EBOLA 42 DAY COUNTDOWN WITHOUT ANY NEW CASE
UGANDA ENDS EBOLA 42 DAY COUNTDOWN WITHOUT ANY NEW CASE By Goodluck Musinguzi FILE PIC: Health workers wearing protective gear against Ebola. /AP 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, …
Read More »CDC, WHO, Uganda to host regional meeting as Ebola spreads
CDC, WHO, Uganda to host regional meeting as Ebola spreads By Goodluck Musinguzi Doctors walk inside the Ebola isolation section of Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, in Mubende, Uganda. In this remote Ugandan community facing its first Ebola outbreak, testing trouble has added to the challenges with symptoms of the Sudan …
Read More »A great day for the country’: Uganda declares an end to Ebola outbreak
A great day for the country’: Uganda declares an end to Ebola outbreak Control measures including lockdowns have halted the spread of the virus after less than four months Ugandan authorities introduced control measures to bring the Ebola outbreak to a swift end. An Ebola awareness van in Kampala in …
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