Officials at the Ministry of Health said Tuesday that despite years of interventions to tackle malnutrition, progress has fallen short of expectations. Efforts have ranged from promoting fortified foods and dietary supplements to special feeding programs and, more recently, distributing egg powder to malnourished children in the most affected districts. However, nutrition expert Dr. Samialie…
Results of a new study released on Tuesday indicate that health workers in maternity wards are not consistently practicing proper hand hygiene, putting mothers at risk of maternal infections, technically known as sepsis. Sepsis remains among the top three causes of maternal deaths in Uganda. In a study conducted across fifty-nine health facilities, researchers found that…
Flavia Nassaka, a journalist with Uganda Radio Network (URN) has written extensively about the COVID-19 pandemic and in this interview by the Health Journalists Network under the ‘Mobilizing Media Fighting Covid19’ project by Journalists for Human Rights she talks about the exorbitant fees that private companies charged COVID-19 patients. Here is Flavia Nassaka’s interview where she talks…
By Flavia Nassaka Private health providers want the Ministry of Health to purchase COVID-19 vaccines from manufacturers on their behalf, Grace Ssali Kiwanuka, the Executive Director Uganda Healthcare Federation (UHF) said in an interview noting that they have also asked the ministry to allow them store the vaccines at the National Medical Stores (NMS) once…
By Flavia Nassaka 79% of the respondents in a new survey whose results were released over the weekend feel pregnancies have increased in their communities ever since the COVID-19 pandemic began. This isn’t an entirely new finding since some were already reported not to have returned when government briefly re-opened schools in a staggered manner…
By Flavia Nassaka The government’s biggest pre-occupation now is ensuring that as many people as possible get vaccinated, after the suspension of lockdown restrictions that were instituted in June. This is according to Dr Immaculate Ampaire the Deputy Manager of the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunization (UNEPI). Dr Ampaire said that they are exploring…
By Flavia Nassaka HIV advocates have condemned the continued harassment of sex workers by especially police officers who defraud them of their heard earned cash in the disguise of implementing COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Macklean Kyomya, Executive Director at Alliance of Women Advocating for Change (AWAC), an organization that advocates for…