Several medical students have petitioned their leaders to stop their supervisors from compelling them to produce proof of COVID—19 vaccination before they access training. Boniface Osodi, the president of the Federation of Uganda Medical Students Association (FUMSA) told URN on Tuesday that he has received six letters from students since Friday calling for the reversal…
Hundreds of teachers convened at vaccination centres in Lira as the exercise kicked off on Monday. The vaccination exercise which was supposed to start last week was delayed to enable the authorities to mobilize for the exercise. Two schools which include Lira Primary School and Ayago Primary School will be used as vaccination centres. The…
Doctors treating cancer patients at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) have expressed concern over the high number of patients using herbal medicine concurrently with their prescribed conventional medicine or chemotherapy. The doctors who were sharing experiences in how to efficiently handle the different kinds of patients noted that many…
Uganda has today received 647,080 Moderna vaccine doses from the US government. This is the eighth batch of doses received in Uganda since March this year. Dr. Munir Safieldin, the UNICEF Country Representative , says this is the second largest batch received so far and added that this is a true spirit of sharing. “No…