The US Embassy in Kampala has temporarily suspended routine visitor visa interviews following a recent spike in Covid-19 cases in the country. The suspension comes in the wake of the third wave of the pandemic declared by the Ministry of Health on 7 January 2022. According to Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the country has been…
Uganda is moving to expand its cold chain storage capacity as it introduces new vaccines in its routine childhood vaccination programme and and handles more COVID-19 vaccines. This week Uganda added over 1,300 solar-powered refrigerators, vaccine carriers, and walk-in refrigerators to manage the cold chain for vaccines and to stop wastage. Expansion of the vaccine program…
In Gulu district, northern Uganda, pupils and teachers are undergoing a one-week-long psychosocial support as schools reopen. Several schools have dedicated the first week to offering counselling and change of mindset to enable learners to overcome the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown. Uganda’s learners returned to school this week after a two year closure, the…
Uganda’s budget for COVID-19 vaccines was allocated to purchases only. The Ministry of Health (MOH) says there are no funds for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines which could lead them to expire but is counting on a loan from from the World Bank. A stock of 32 million doses of different COVID-19 vaccine doses have…
Leaders in Lamwo district are concerned about the increasing cases of COVID-19 registered over the past four days. The District has recorded 79 cases between January 2 and January 5, 2022, from the various testing centres. Reports from the district task force indicate that there were three cases registered on January 2, eleven cases on…
The public will be required to present proof of full vaccination to access transport services effective at the end of March. Addressing journalists at the Media Centre on Friday, the Minister for Health Ruth Aceng said that all passengers aged 18 years and above will have to present Covid-19 vaccination cards indicating full dosage before…
Experts at Makerere University have embarked on training volunteers to quickly detect cases, amidst increasing new COVID-19 infections and fears of the situation worsening once schools reopen next week. Prof. Samuel Majalija, the Deputy Principal, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity that’s spearheading the training told URN in an interview on Wednesday morning…
Though highly preventable and treatable, cervical cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in reproductive-aged women globally, according to the UN health agency, kicking off Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. “Cervical Cancer is highly preventable and treatable”, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tweeted, saying “it could be first cancer EVER…
Teen pregnant girls in Gulu are self prescirbing abortion inducing medication as they try to get rid of the unwanted pregnancies. Now health officials in Gulu district are calling for the regulation of the sale of abortion-inducing drugs. The proposal comes amidst a reported rise in health complications coupled with deaths among teenage girls practising unsafe…
Parents and educationists in Rwenzori region want the government to reconsider disseminating Sexual and Reproductive Health-SRH messages through schools as they re-open this month. They also want the government to extend sexual and reproductive health services to sexually active learners in schools. The National Sexuality Education Framework was developed in response to the urgent need for…