About 2,000 teenage girls got pregnant per annum during the COVID-19 pandemic

Nearly 2,000 baby deliveries by teenagers were registered at the various health facilities at the Bidi Bidi Refugee settlement at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda. Records at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) indicate that over 4,000 girls under 18 years reported their first Antenatal Care (ANC) visit at various health facilities in Bidibidi…

Norway supports eastern Uganda in reproductive health rights awareness

Two districts in eastern Uganda have received UGX 16.8 billion Shillings from the Norwegian government for creating awareness for sexual and reproductive health and rights among adolescents in the area.  Kamuli and Mayuge districts have received funding for activities under a three-year project dubbed “My Body, My Life, My World” geared towards empowering girls and young women…

Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic fever confirmed as cause of 12 year old boy’s death

Five people from the same family in Nakasongola District have been placed under close monitoring by health officials following the death of a child from the Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). The family who are residents of  Kikoyiro village in Lwampanga sub-county are close contacts of a 12-year-old boy who succumbed to the viral disease.…

WHO adds five countries to Ebola high risk list; Museveni extends lockdown in two districts

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has acknowledged the progress achieved in the fight against the Ebola Virus Disease but extended the lockdown in Mubende and Kassanda districts by 21 days.    The lockdown restricts movements in and out, as a measure to prevent the spread of the disease.   Museveni said that the government has been…