The Ministry of Education and Sports and the Health Ministry have clashed over who should be vaccinated in the education sector as the country looks at reopening of educational institutions. Over 15 million learners in Uganda are stuck at home due to school closures that was enforced as a measure against the spread of COVID-19. …
The Serum Institute, the official manufacturer of the COVISHIELD brand of Astrazeneca vaccine has confirmed to the World Health Organisation (WHO) that the products they alerted them about in July and August were indeed falsified. In its latest statement, WHO says that the fake vaccines were reported at patient level in Uganda and India. “Genuine COVISHIELD vaccine is…
COVID-19 new infections will average at 179 per day this week, according to the latest projections released by the National Planning Authority (NPA) on Monday afternoon. Attributing this to the easing of the lockdown especially on public transport which has now made it possible for people to move across district borders, the report signed by…
By Joseph Kato Police officers have joined the recent call by health workers to be supported emotionally and financially especially for the families of those who have succumbed to Covid-19. Although it was started by health workers, police officers advocating for compensation for their colleagues who died from Covid-19 say the deaths were in line…
Members of Parliament who have not been vaccinated against the corona virus will not be allowed to attend parliament sessions next week. Uganda has one of the largest parliaments in Africa as compared to its population and size. The Eleventh Parliament has a total of 529 MPs. Due to COVID-19 they have been using tents…
By Joseph Kato “Mum, I will return with money and demolish this shack of a house. I will make sure you and my sisters are happy. People will stop laughing at us,” those were the words Robert Ssenyonga, 17, reportedly told his mother Margret Nakyanzi, in December 2019 as he embarked on the more than…
Government has allowed medical and health training institutions to resume normal studies. Other institutions of higher learning remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This comes a week after the government instructed the Ministries of Education and Health and the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) officials to meet and discuss the safe reopening…
“Uganda has AIDS. We call it siliimu. And siliimu is within us and among us. And It is only Philley Bongoley Lutaya that has accepted to show us that it is here. And it is up to us know how to handle it,” said Victoria Kakoko Sebagereka, who was the Chairperson of the National Council…
Gulu has registered up to 4,477 cases of teenage pregnancies within a period of eighteen months. Statistics from Gulu City and district probation departments indicate that the cases were registered between January 2020 and June 2021. The victims are from the twelve sub-counties constituting Gulu district and the two divisions of Gulu City.…
The Ministry of Health has drafted amendments to the regulations on the marketing and sale of infants and child foods. Currently, the country uses the 1997 regulations on the marketing of infants and young child foods adopted from the 1981 International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes policy of the World Health Organizations. The regulations…