Families of health workers who died of COVID-19 may not get compensation

In June this year, 52-year-old, Dr Emmanuel Mukunya was employed at Nakaseke Regional Hospital as a general physician. He died of COVID-19 on July 19th, 2021. Another doctor Charles Kiggundu, an Obstetrician and gynaecologist who advocated for reproductive health and rights and  talked to us as journalists consistently under the HEJNU  umbrella  also died. Dr. Kiggundu was born…

Lab mice scarcity on world market delays COVID-19 research in Uganda

Researchers studying Uganda’s homemade COVID-19 vaccines reveal encountering huge challenges accessing mice to be able to test their candidate drugs. This comes after Science and Innovations Minister Dr. Monica Musenero was recently bashed over revelations of acquiring each mouse at 8 Million Shillings. She said Uganda wanted to procure 200 lab rats but had due…

Health Rights Activists Criticise UHRC Over Mandatory Vaccination

Health Rights activists have blasted Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC for downplaying the right of Ugandans to reject vaccination. It comes a day after the Commission Chairperson, Mariam Wangadya, said that Ugandans have no right to reject the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination exercise during a press conference ahead of the International Human Rights Day held annually on December…

Prolonged Closure of Entebbe Hospital Irks Residents

The prolonged closure of Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital has irked residents. The hospital closed the outpatient, dental, optical, maternal and child care departments in March last year to focus on the management of COVID-19 patients.  Before its closure, the hospital served more than a million people from within Entebbe municipality, Katabi Town council, Buvuma and…