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 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 Esther Nakkazi Initiating an integrated approach for cervical cancer and Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) for affected women and girls presents an opportunity towards the World Health Organization (WHO) elimination target over the next decade. The WHO targets to eliminate transmission of cervical cancer by 2030 and its policy brief on deworming adolescent girls and…
The European Union in Uganda and the Ministry of Health officials are worried about the rate at which Ugandans are abandoning the COVID-19 prevention measures, warning that the Pandemic is far from over. This comes amidst an evident decline in the use of face masks, hand washing and sanitisers and even social distancing, among others,…
Uganda is improving its medical oxygen demand and supply ecosystem with a national scale up implementation plan that articulates a holistic approach. The oxygen ecosystem includes liquid oxygen cylinders and concentrators, as well as the clinical engineering and technical assistance to use the technology. The government and the private sector have joined hands to improve the…
The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered innovations among scientists paving the way for Uganda‘s first attempt to manufacture a vaccine for a disease. As well, due to scarcity of some therapeutics, chemotherapists began looking into medicines for covid-19. Dr. Monica Musenero, the Minister of Science and Technology who was then the Presidential Advisor on Epidemics says…
Nobel Prize-winning economists Jayati Ghosh and Joseph Stiglitz and the pan-Africa director of Oxfam have praised South Africa’s President Ramaphosa for rejecting a bogus proposal to waive intellectual property rights for Covid-19 medical products. This was contained in document that emerged from World Trade Organisation negotiations for a COVID-19 intellectual property waiver but was leaked. …