The mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign in several parts of Amuru District has suffered a setback because of the start of the new farming season, health officials have disclosed. According to the health officials, the most eligible people who are predominantly farmers have shunned the vaccination exercise to attend to their garden work following the return…
The private sector under the Malaria free Uganda council has rolled out a campaign dumped “Zero Malaria Business Leadership Initiative” aimed at ending Malaria by 2030. The campaign brings together private businesses and leaders to fight Malaria in conjunction with the Ministry of Health. Ken Mugisha, the Chairperson of Malaria free Uganda, says that their…
About 700 Uganda health workers who were deployed in COVID-19 treatment units in National and Regional Referral hospitals under the Emergency Response arrangement have to leave work now. The Ministry of Health hired up to 700 health workers under the emergency response to help in the fight against COVID-19. These included anaesthesiologists, lab professionals and…
As cases of of COVID-19 decline, most of Uganda’s hospitals have closed units that were designated to treat patients or COVID-19 treatment units. At the Mulago National Referral Hospital, now patients with severe COVID-19 are being forced to share wards with other critically ill patients following the closure of the COVID-19 treatment Unit. While Uganda and…
Fully vaccinated travellers including truck drivers are no longer required to present negative COVID-19 PCR test results before entering Uganda, according to the Health Ministry and in compliance with the East African Community. Dr. Henry G. Mwebesa, the Director-General of Health Services communicated this position in his March 28, 2022 letter to the health officers…
The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched its first ever global guidelines to support women and newborns in the postnatal period – the first six weeks after birth. The guidelines include 63 recommendations, combining relevant existing recommendations with 31 that are new or updated. These are now the official WHO reference point for all aspects of postnatal care.…
The Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF Engineering Brigade has taken over the construction of Nalubwoyo Health Centre III in Amolatar District. The contract was initially awarded to Otada Construction Company in 2018, which failed to complete the works. The first phase of the project includes the construction of an outpatient department, general maternity ward, placenta pit,…
Atiak Health Center IV in Amuru District is grappling with understaffing and inadequate space to admit patients. The health facility that serves a population of 20,074, currently has only 36 health workers and support staff which is below the standard staff ceiling by the Ministry of Health which is 48. Angelo Ocheng, the in-charge of…
The African Union and Uniting to Combat NTDs have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to end neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) across member states by 2030. The agreement highlights the African Union’s commitment to strengthen collaboration and cooperation among stakeholders to control and eliminate twenty NTDs, achieving the vision outlined by the “Agenda 2063′ ;The Africa We Want”…
By Morounfolu Olugbosi As countries around the world—from Kenya to Canada, South Africa to Sweden—relish the prospect of an unofficial transition of COVID-19 from pandemic to endemic and start to ease pandemic-related restrictions, many of us in the tuberculosis (TB) community find it hard to relate. In TB, we know what can happen when a…