Claire Kirabo, 29 years was admitted to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Intensive Care Unit, six months into the pandemic on August 18th, 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, has declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic. Kirabo is a mother of two children both below ten years of age and was referred to…
The US government has re-established volunteer service in Uganda following a two-year break-off occasioned by COVID-19, an epidemic that paralysed nations and the global economy. A total of 33 volunteers under the US Peace Corps now in Uganda to serve in agribusiness, health and education sectors across the country have taken their oath of service…
While Uganda is battling with Ebola, another outbreak of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever is also here. 24 people have been placed under close monitoring by health authorities in Amuru District following an outbreak of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). The individuals are close contacts of a victim who succumbed to the viral disease late last…