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…