By Flavia Nassaka Experts in the medical field have called for the inclusion of People Living with HIV (PLHIV) on the priority list of people to be considered first for COVID-19 vaccination as countries roll out vaccines. Dr Silvia Bertagnolio, a Medical Officer at the World Health Organisation (WHO) quoted their latest data…
1,453 health workers out of the 5,413 in the Acholi Sub Region have shunned taking the vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Health workers are a priority category for COVID-19 vaccinations by the World Health Organisation and are on the list in Uganda. The health workers are operating in various health facilities in the…
By Pamela Mawanda Patients receiving treatment after being diagnosed with COVID-19 during the second wave are presenting totally different symptoms and treatment takes longer, doctors have observed. Dr Christopher Nsereko, a physician at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital, says that common symptoms among the people who have been infected during the second wave include chest pain,…
Kabale Regional Referral Hospital and Kamukira Health Centre IV in Kabale Municipality have run out of drugs used in the support treatment of COVID-19 and other general illnesses. There is no approved therapy for the Covid-19, which can cause severe pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome in some patients. According to Ivan Mubangyizi, Kabale Municipality…
By Flavia Nassaka Prior to the lockdown, for the 145 street children currently housed at Kaazi Scout National Camping Ground, all they knew as home was the streets of Kampala. In fact, according to Maureen Muwonge, the Deputy Director Dwelling Places, an NGO that finds safe homes for such children, they were 161 when they first collected…
Amuru District Task Force has with immediate effect banned music systems and feeding of mourners at funerals as one of the measures to curb the spread of global Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). The authorities say when music systems are used at funerals, mourners end up dancing uncontrollably while feeding them encourages violation of the Standard Operating…
By Flavia Nassaka Out of 3,000 samples from patients seeking care at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) 298 tested positive for COVID-19 over a one year period. 20 of the samples were from children. These were identified through an initiative that run for about a year that required everyone seeking cancer treatment to first undertake…
The Indoor Residual Spray-IRS conducted by the Ministry of Health to control malaria infections in Serere district has not led to a reduction in malaria cases in health facilities according to health authorities. Serere district had its second IRS using Fludora Fusion insecticide in April this year, which covered 98.9 percent of the households. Actellic chemical…
The administration of Luwero Hospital has asked the District Executive to lift the suspension of the private wing at the facility to allow patients to access better and cheap health services. Health financing in Uganda is largely out of pocket and the direct out-of-pocket health expenditure stands at 37%, majority of which goes to the private…
Health officials at Muko Health Centre IV in Rubanda district, western Uganda are struggling to provide adequate services for pregnant women due to failure to access basic protective gear such as gloves, water and inadequate space in the maternity ward. The health admits more than 20 expectant mothers on a daily. Public health officials are afraid…