New COVID-19 infections reduced by 90 percent this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported. Although, they warn there are still too many uncertainties for them to say that the pandemic is over. Speaking to journalists during the weekly press conference on Thursday, where he gave an account of the state of global health,…
By Shiprah Kwagala Locals in Iganga district have asked that more vaccination centres are put in place as incentive for a higher uptake of Covid-19 booster doses. Records as of December 18, 2022 indicate that only 453,000 people have taken a booster dose out of an eligible population of 28.5 million people. In a televised…
President Yoweri Museveni has reiterated the need for the population to continue to observing the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for COVID-19. He outlined the need for continued hand washing, and hand hygiene, no shaking hands and no hugging, wearing face masks when in enclosed places like places of worship, conferences, meetings, crusades, which are exaggerated during the…
No discrimination is a basic human right. Freedom of movement is a human right. In the HIV story, compassion, sympathy, no discrimination and equality before the law were rare at the beginning of the epidemic, said David Serwadda a Professor of Public Health at Makerere University who was one of the scientists at the forefront…
Scientists have questioned the approach used by the government to control disease outbreaks and pandemics using coerce law enforcement. Speaking at the launch of a report, “Finding Humanity in uncertainty: Pandemic Preparedness and Response in Uganda released by the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS) on Tuesday, David Serwadda a Professor of Public Health at…
The Third Deputy Prime Minister Rukia Isanga Nakadama has directed all Residents District Commissioners and Resident City Commissioners to take tough action against the rampant cases of drug theft and medical supplies in government hospitals. Nakadama who is also the Minister Without Portfolio noted that the country is registering numerous cases of drug thefts and…
President Yoweri Museveni has opened up Mubende and Kassanda districts which have been under lockdown following a surge in cases of Ebola Viral Disease (EVD). In a message read by Vice President Jessica Alupo on Saturday, there are no more admissions in the two districts which recorded the majority of 142 cases. Both districts have…
Members of the Uganda Medical Association -UMA have voted to suspend their president Dr Samuel Oledo for four years and have voted to replace him with Dr Edith Nakku-Joloba. Oledo was on the spot for leading a group of intern doctors to publicly endorse President Yoweri Museveni who has been in power for nearly 37 years…
BY SAM WAKHAKHA On December 6, 2022, the presidential press secretary, Farouk Kirunda issued an order barring journalists without COVID-19 vaccination certificates from covering State House functions. In a notice sent to news editors and managers on December 2, Kirunda, said journalists who do not have COVID-19 vaccination certificates would not be allowed to cover…
Leaders in Pader district have asked the government for consistent food supplies for families with children suffering from nodding syndrome. Rtd Col. Fearless Obwoya, the Pader District LC V chairperson, says that families with children suffering from the nodding syndrome have no time to engage in productive business or agriculture because they are preoccupied with…