By Kaana Bright Rukia Sengooba a nurse and the head of vaccinators at Bweyogerere health center III has been at this job since July 2021 but has not received the promised facilitation from the Ministry of health as promised. ‘’I have never received any money for Covid-19 since I started working here not even for…
The Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Dr. Monica Musenero has refuted claims that funds were released directly to the Presidential Scientific Initiative on Epidemics (PRESIDE) for Covid-19 vaccine research purposes. PRESIDE, is a brainchild of President Yoweri Museveni, supervised by Dr. Monica Musenero, who was a Presidential Advisor on Epidemics at the time it was…
Refugees in Uganda based at the Nakivale refugee settlement camp in Isingiro district are grappling with a rise in malnutrition and chronic anaemia. A survey by Medical Teams International says the cases of acute Malnutrition have increased from 1.8% in 2019 to 2.8% and 5.7% in 2020 and 2021 respectively and acute anaemia is up…