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National Medical Stores bars unvaccinated staff and visitors entry

NewsBy Health Journalists Network UgandaOctober 19, 2021Leave a comment

The National Medical Stores, with a mandate to procure and distribute essential medicines and medical supplies to all public facilities in the country, has announced that unvaccinated staff and visitors will no longer be allowed to access its offices. The directive takes immediate effect for staff, and start on October 18 for all other visitors.…

Mass Treatment of River Blindness Among Refugees in Uganda Starts

NewsBy Health Journalists Network UgandaOctober 16, 2021Leave a comment

The Ministry of Health has kicked off mass administration of drugs for river blindness disease among South Sudan refugees in Northern Uganda. The exercise, the first of its kind comes nearly two years after the Health Ministry rolled out plans to conduct mass treatment of river blindness in refugee settlements to eliminate threats of river…

Only 620 Health Workers Vaccinated in Lira

NewsBy Health Journalists Network UgandaOctober 16, 2021Leave a comment

Only 620 health workers have received COVID_19 Jab in both Lira District and Lira City. The two administrative units have approximately 1000 health workers scattered in different health facilities. The current data for vaccination then means only 620 have been vaccinated. In March this year, the Ministry of Health launched the mass vaccination of people…

Covid: Four new mass vaccination centres open around Kampala

NewsBy Health Journalists Network UgandaOctober 12, 2021Leave a comment

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has opened four additional vaccination centres in the Kampala Metropolitan area as the government bids to reach more people. The four vaccines sites include City Square, Old Taxi Park, Namboole Stadium and Mayor’s Garden in Entebbe.   Dr Immaculate Ampaire, the Assistant Manager of the Uganda National Expanded Program on…

Soroti Extends COVID19 Vaccination Campaign to Bars

NewsBy Health Journalists Network UgandaOctober 11, 2021Leave a comment

Health authorities in Soroti have taken the Coronavirus vaccination campaign to socialization areas to help reach out to several people in the villages. The development follows the low uptake of COVID-19 vaccination in the region amidst the surging number of infections. Statistics from Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, which hosts the COVID-19 treatment center in the…

Over 200 Teachers Shun COVID-19 Vaccination in Bududa

NewsBy Health Journalists Network UgandaOctober 11, 2021Leave a comment

A total of 229 teachers in Bududa district have shunned vaccination, seven months since vaccination of teachers was rolled out in Bududa district. So far, 1,371 teachers and non-teaching staff in Bududa district have been vaccinated against Covid-19. The district received 9,313 doses of AstraZeneca and Sinovac and targeted 1,600 teachers, a number that has…

Uganda Receives First Self-Financed COVID-19 Vaccines

NewsBy Health Journalists Network UgandaOctober 8, 2021Leave a comment

Uganda has received 196,800 doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine which were bought by the government. This is the first batch of the nine million doses of the single-shot vaccines.    The vaccines were delivered aboard Brussels Airlines, which torched down at Entebbe International Airport on Thursday night. The Health Ministry Permanent Secretary,…

Bududa Farmers Using ARVs to Fatten Bulls

NewsBy Health Journalists Network UgandaOctober 8, 2021Leave a comment

Some People Living with HIV/AIDS in Bududa district are selling life-prolonging Anti-Retroviral drugs (ARVs) to cattle keepers, especially those involved in fattening bulls.  Bududa district has over 500 people enrolled on ARVs, which they receive after every four months. Esther Wambewo, one of the People Living With HIV, says that she is forced to sell some…

Soroti Authorities Suspend Prayers over Surging COVID-19 cases

NewsBy Health Journalists Network UgandaOctober 7, 2021Leave a comment

The Soroti District COVID-19 Taskforce has suspended all church-related activities in Asuret Sub County for a month following the increasing cases of COVID-19. Asuret Sub County registered 173 cases of COVID-19 between September 22 and October 1, 2021. This is almost a quarter of the cumulative cases recorded in the district comprising 12 sub-counties since…

WHO Approves World’s First Malaria Vaccine

NewsBy Health Journalists Network UgandaOctober 7, 2021Leave a comment

The World Health Organization (WHO) has endorsed the first-ever vaccine to prevent malaria, as it moves to save the lives of tens of thousands of children in Africa, where the disease remains endemic. Malaria, one of the oldest known and deadliest infectious diseases kills about half a million people each year, nearly all of them…

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