Reports indicating that up to 80 per cent of contacts linked to the thousands of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been traced are inaccurate, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has revealed. Speaking to journalists during the latest media briefing, Africa CDC Director General Dr…
The government may have to budget its own funds to finance immunization programmes and avoid dependence on donor money. The new move comes as Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, made sweeping changes in its financing programme. The global vaccines body is introducing fixed vaccine budget envelopes as part of its reform programme for 2026–2030. Under the…
Demand for the newly introduced injectable HIV prevention medicine, Lenacapavir, has risen sharply in Kitgum District, with Kitgum General Hospital reporting that nearly all the doses it received have already been administered. Adiga James, the officer in charge of chronic care at the hospital, said the facility received 30 doses of Lenacapavir in an earlier…
The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has remanded eight medical interns and health workers on charges in connection with a protest over the government’s failure to pay them while on internship. The eight were arrested on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, along Parliamentary Avenue in Kampala while wearing white medical coats and carrying placards calling for…
Critical medicines needed to care for sick newborns are out of stock at Uganda’s National Medical Stores, raising concerns about the ability of health facilities to provide timely care to vulnerable babies. The Aug. 14, 2026, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health commodity stock-status report says essential newborn commodities, including caffeine citrate, surfactant and…
Uganda’s supply of family planning commodities remains relatively stable, but shortages and uneven distribution of some contraceptives are creating gaps in access, according to a new Ministry of Health stock-status report. The Aug. 14, 2026, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health commodity report shows that most family planning products are available at the national…
More than half of health facilities surveyed in Uganda are out of Mama Kits, basic supplies used to support safe childbirth, according to a Ministry of Health stock-status report released Aug. 14 at Golden Tulip hotel. The report found that 51.5% of health facilities had completely run out of Mama Kits, while another 30% were…
The rhythmic, celebratory chant of “เฮ เฮ เฮ เฮ เฮ เฮ” provides the vibrant backdrop for the Mid-year Highlight for 2026. This sound captures the collective energy of a community coming together to review its progress and challenges during the first half of the year. As we have discussed in our previous conversations, the heart…
MARK HERRINGER As co-founder of healthsites.io and project leader for this Digital Public Good, a UN-recognized open, global registry of health facility data on OpenStreetMap, I wanted my first post here to start with something live: how our data ended up inside an active Ebola response, and what that says about the case for funding…
The Ministry of Education and Sports has directed health training institutions to allow female Muslim trainees to wear plain white head veils during classroom instruction and clinical practice, following complaints that some Muslim nursing students and female nurses were being forced to uncover their heads. In a directive dated August 6, 2026, Dr Safinah Kisu…