The Ministry of Health says the 1 ,674,270 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine it has received from the US government will be administered only within Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono. Dr. Alfred Driwale, the Program Manager of Uganda National Expanded Program on Immunization says the Pfizer vaccine doses will be limited to the vaccination centres…
Global Pharmaceutical Company Pfizer announced on Monday that their COVID-19 vaccine is safe for children aged between five and eleven. According to the results of a study released on Monday, the Company and their German partner BioNTech say that they gave children aged five to 11 years, a two-dose regimen of 10 μg (micrograms) which…
The Kalungu district health department is battling with unsafe abortions due to a persistent increase in teenage pregnancies. Dr Daniel Ssentamu, the Kalungu District Health Officer says that their Reproductive Healthcare status report indicates that pregnancies by underage girls below 19 years are contributing an average of 18% of overall statistics of expecting mothers who…
BY WHO Uganda Team Uganda launched the Third Edition of the National Guidelines for Integrated Diseases Surveillance and Response (IDSR) at Golden Tulip Hotel in Kampala. The third edition highlights new methods of disease detection, reporting, and provision of real-time surveillance data using new technologies and platforms. The platforms include event-based disease surveillance, community-based surveillance,…
More than 1,298 teachers in Bunyangabu District have received their first jab for COVID-19. The district received 3,079 doses of AstraZeneca and Sinovac vaccines targeting more than 5,000 people. According to information from the health department of the district another 4,009 people under the vulnerable person’s category have also got their first dose and 1,958…
More than 1,298 teachers in Bunyangabu District have received their first jab for COVID-19. The district received 3,079 doses of AstraZeneca and Sinovac vaccines targeting more than 5,000 people. According to information from the health department of the district another 4,009 people under the vulnerable person’s category have also got their first dose and 1,958…
The UN children’s agency is closing down its social media channels for 18 hours to send one message to the world: #ReopenSchools for in-person learning as soon as possible. The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is joining UNICEF, together with the World Bank, the European External Action Service (EEAS), the European Commission Humanitarian Aid operation, the LEGO Foundation and the WEF…
The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is more effective in protecting against hospitalisation compared to Pfizer and Johnson&Johnson, according to findings of a study released by the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The study was carried out between March and August this year and involved more than 3600 hospitalised COVID-19 patients at 21 hospitals located…
The Ministry of Health is planning to reduce the age at which girls get the Human Papilloma Vaccines which protects against cervical cancer. At the moment, the vaccine is given to females aged nine years of age. However, the health ministry wants to start giving the vaccine to five-year-olds. This is part of a new…
A total of 157 volunteers have so far enrolled in a study happening in Masaka, one of the sites that have been selected to assess effectiveness of a vaccine against HIV in Africa. The study dubbed PrEPVACC is also happening in Mbeya and Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania, Maputo in Mozambique and in Durban South Africa, but…