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…
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…