Lawyers and health rights activists are calling upon government to stop COVID-19 vaccine mandates because they are illegal. These are being introduced by several organisations across the country inspite of the vaccine inequity in the country. As a means to stop the spread of COVID-19, some government offices like the ministry of health, the National…
Agago district has registered a total of 1,972 teenage pregnancies within a period of 15 months. Agago District Probation Office records show that the people who visited different health centres to access antenatal services during the last year included 1,339 adolescent girls aged between 12 and 19. Another 633 cases were registered between April and…
The Uganda Prisons Service has said that it has so far vaccinated only 18 percent of its 66,832 inmates across the country. Frank Baine, the Uganda Prisons Spokesperson, said only 2% of the already vaccinated prisoners have received the second dose. Baine explained that their target is to vaccinate at least 50 percent of the…