EBOLA OUTBREAK: ADJUMANI DISTRICT ON HIGH ALERT, ASKS FOR PPE FOR HEALTH WORKERS Adjumani district officials and development partners during a taskforce meeting on Ebola By Goodluck Musinguzi Adjumani district health department is on heightened alert following the death of a patient in the neighbouring Amuru district who showed Ebola …
Read More »MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL ISOLATION UNIT: ONLY THREE PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE WHICH SHOWED CONTACT TRACING SAVES
MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL ISOLATION UNIT: ONLY THREE PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE WHICH SHOWED CONTACT TRACING SAVES By Goodluck Musinguzi Hon Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health said Kampala City and the populous Wakiso district were saved from Ebola-Sudan due to the robust contact tracing. All contacts were hosted at Mulago …
Read More »SHS3.6 BILLION ($1 MILLION) USED TO EQUIP EBOLA TREAMENT/ISOLATION CENTERS AT MULAGO, MASAKA AND JINJA RUN BY Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
By Goodluck Musinguzi Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization was handed supplies worthy $995,000( Shs 3.6 Billion) to be used at 3 Ebola treatment and isolation units at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Masaka and Jinja Referral Hospitals. Hon Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health witnessed …
Read More »7th EBOLA TREATMENT UNIT OPENED AT MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL, ITS TREATMENT AND TRAINING CENTER FOR KAMPALA CITY
By Goodluck Musinguzi Ministry of Health has opened the 7th Ebola treatment Unit with a 32-bed capacity at Mulago National Referral Hospital in the Capital City of Kampala. This facility will help in the preparedness against any infectious disease, especially the Ebola-Sudan strain. Hon Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health …
Read More »DR JANE RUTH ACENG CONTINUED COMMUNITY AWARENESS ON EBOLA IN KASSANDA DISTRICT
By Goodluck Musinguzi Kassanda District Task Force hosted the National Strategic Committee and Response Partners on Ebola a number of times after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced the 21 days lockdown. They held dialogues with the community at Bweyongede, the district council and other areas many times to increase awareness …
Read More »4th PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ON EBOLA WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE MUBENDE DISTRICT HAD MADE PROGRESS WHILE KASSANDA WAS SLOW
4th PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ON EBOLA WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE MUBENDE DISTRICT HAD MADE PROGRESS WHILE KASSANDA WAS SLOW By Goodluck Musinguzi President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, held his 4th Presidential Address to rally the country against being complacent in the fight against Ebola-Sudan Strain. “Fellow Countrymen, Countrywomen and Residents in Uganda, …
Read More »MINISTRY OF HEALTH SUPPORTS KASSANDA DISTRICT WITH FUNDS TO FACILITATE FIGHT AGAINST EBOLA
By Goodluck Musinguzi Ministry of Health made available shs305 million to Kassanda district to facilitate members of the task force as they oversee the fight against Ebola. Dr Diana Atwine, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health sent the money on Friday, 14th October 2022 however the district council dragged on for …
Read More »MOBILIZING KAMPALA CAPITAL CITY AGAINST EBOLA-SUDAN STRAIN
MOBILIZING KAMPALA CAPITAL CITY AGAINST EBOLA-SUDAN STRAIN By Goodluck Musinguzi The Ebola virus response in Kampala Capital City has been robust following the Ministry of Health’s declaration of an outbreak of Ebola. The Kampala Capital City Authority -KCCA and Ministry of Health –MOH launched the Ebola sensitization campaign in markets, …
Read More »LAST EBOLA PATIENT DISCHARGED IN UGANDA, THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH CONTINUES TO MONITOR CONTACTS
By Goodluck Musinguzi Ministry of Health has announced the discharging of the last Ebola-Sudan strain patient in Uganda after 74 days since 20th September 2022 when the first Index case died. We are happy to announce that we have discharged the last Ebola-Sudan Strain patient. We are sorry for those who …
Read More »FALSE ALARM: AMURU RESIDENT DIED OF CRIMEAN-CONGO FEVER NOT EBOLA
FALSE ALARM: AMURU RESIDENT DIED OF CRIMEAN-CONGO FEVER NOT EBOLA By Goodluck Musinguzi Test result on samples taken from a resident of Amuru district who passed away after experiencing hemorrhagic fever has shown that the patient died of Crimean-Congo, a tick-born viral disease which is not a health emergency. Amuru …
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