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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 …

Wednesday 8, February 2023 By Timothy Eodu The construction of the long awaited security roads across Karamoja region have been launched today by the Minister of State for Works & Transport in charge Transport Hon. Fred Byamukama in Boma grounds Moroto. He said Government plans to open over 2000km of …

Ebola Outbreak in Uganda Is Over: Here’s What Went Right By Goodluck Musinguzi February 8, 2023 Colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of Ebola virus virion.   On January 11, 2023, Uganda declared the end of the Ebola outbreak caused by the Sudan ebolavirus. The first case was reported in September 2022 and four …

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 …

  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 …

SURVIVING SUDAN EBOLA VIRUS IN KASSANDA, HOW HEALTH WORKERS KEPT ALERT By Goodluck Musinguzi Health workers in the Kassanda district in Uganda were at the forefront of responding to another serious infectious disease called the Sudan Ebola Virus. Dr Diana Atwine, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health declared an Ebola outbreak, …

  By Edward Akaki Stanbic Uganda Cup first ever match on Karamoja soil is full of expectations from the home based side Nakapelimen FC who is hoping to pull a shocker by progressing through to the round of 32.The match which is scheduled for tomorrow Saturday, 4th February,2023 4pm at …

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, …

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 …

By Samuel OnenKitgum boda boda association members today 30th January,2023 held their election after the services of the previous leaders was earlier called off by the Resident District Commissioner last year due to incorporation.Stage masters of different sub-counties gathered at Kitgum boma ground to elect their district representatives that included …

By Edward Akaki Sports especially football in Karamoja is skyrocketing as numerous talent has been seen crossing the borders to play their games in upper levels.The 2022/23 season proper of the Stanbic Bank Uganda Cup gets underway this month with a record 308 teams having competed in the Regional Preliminaries …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …