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…
By Flavia Nassaka Regulation of prices by government in a free market economy is not common but always left to the forces of demand and supply. However, under the Corona virus pandemic, Uganda human rights activists have welcomed a move championed by a local NGO Center for Health Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) to turn to…
At least 95 percent of Kampala city’s 4 million residents are worried about the continued spread of COVID-19 in the country according to Twaweza’s Sauti Za Wanainchi Survey. The survey found that the residents were worried about the current wave of the pandemic. Uganda is experiencing the second wave of the pandemic and new cases…
Regional Referral Hospitals are still dusting beds procured by the Ministry of Health for Intensive Care Unit- ICU wards. The beds and other equipment for the units are stuck in stores and others in open spaces at the hospital parking lots. Intensive care units (ICU) provide critical care and life support for acutely ill…
The Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija has said that Ugandan scientists have requested more than UGX 248 Billion ($70million) producing the covid-19 vaccine. Kasaija was appearing before Parliament’s COVID-19 task force together with Henry Musasizi the State Minister for Finance General Duties and Kenneth Mugambe the Director of Budget. The task force was put…
COVID -19 survivors in Gulu are demanding discharge certificates to counter stigma and segregation from their communities. The survivors who underwent home-based care management and later tested negative for the virus say they continue facing stigma, segregation, rejection and isolation from the communities. Santos Comboni Okwera, a resident of Kanyagoga ‘A’ Sub –Ward in Bardege…
Unionists want the Uganda government to borrow a leaf from their regional neighbours and reign in on ensuring that health workers get timely treatment when they get infected. Dr. Aggrey Sanya, the Secretary-General of Uganda Medical Workers Union who was speaking to journalists on Monday said that Kenya has set up special isolation centres…
Dr Alfred Driwale, the Program Manager for immunization says while no one likes to be scammed, the 800 people allegedly vaccinated with fake vaccines bear the blame. Obviously bothered by the scam but unsympathetic to the victims of the fake vaccine, Driwale, also an Assistant Commissioner at the Health Ministry says whoever took the vaccines…
Mental Health Uganda has embarked on the door to door monitoring of their clients in Gulu and Omoro districts. The move was prompted by the current lockdown announced by the government to contain the spared of COVID-19. The monitoring visits involved 1,002 peers with specific skills in handling mental health issues. The peers include are…