More than 7,000 underage girls have been impregnated in the six districts of the Kigezi region during the Covid-19 lockdown. In Kabale district, 2,628 girls were impregnated between March 2020 and July 2021. Pamela Kembabazi, the Rukiga District Senior Probation, and Welfare Officer says that 71 cases were recorded from July 2020 to July 2021. Kembabazi…
The strain of busy modern lifestyles and the ever-declining public healthcare system is leading to a rise in the demand for Home Care Nursing. Private nursing services offer holistic healthcare to terminally ill and elderly people in their homes. They also provide care services within hospitals to individuals who can pay for professional individualized cared.…
On September 3, 2021, Kasese district was plunged into shock when a young lady, Brenda Biira, died after a self-induced abortion went awry. Biira was formerly married but then separated with the first husband following a misunderstanding. Eventually, she fell in love with a primary school teacher, Deus Bitswatswa, who impregnated Birra while she was…
Uganda has received an additional 655,053 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. 501,153 doses were donated by the French government while the 153,900 doses were from Belgium. Rudi Veestraeten, the Ambassador of Belgium to Uganda, says that this is part of the 350,000 doses the country has donated to Uganda, with the remaining half…
Teachers in Kitgum opposed to the vaccination against covid-19 are buying vaccination cards without receiving the jab. The Kitgum Resident District Commissioner William Komakech and COVID 19 Taskforce chairperson says that they have received information about teachers dodging vaccines and opting for fake documents. Recently the government issued mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 for all teachers…
Educationists in Kotido District have asked parents to give pregnant teenagers a second chance when schools reopen. They argue that a second chance will always give a girl child an opportunity to complete her education after delivery. Benson Katyango Boeing, a Senior Education Officer of Kotido district says girls are at the risk of dropping…
The closure of courts and lack of public transport during Covid19 Lockdowns delayed justice for suspected law breakers. The total lockdown that was announced by president Yoweri Museveni, in March 2020 lasted up to July of the same year and the country started operating at half scale. The total lockdown caused closure of courts while the partial lockdown…
Amuru COVID-19 Task Force has resolved to divert part of the Covid-19 vaccine doses meant for teachers to vaccinate Boda-Boda cyclists in the district. This follows a directive by the Resident District Commissioner Geoffrey Oceng Osborn to the health department to vaccinate the riders who are considered frontline public service persons. In the letter dated…
The Kitgum District COVID 19 Taskforce has embarked on tracing migratory farming communities to test and vaccinate against covid-19. The farming communities always migrate into the wilderness of Tim Palukok and Tim Lipan hunting grounds that stretches into parts of the Sub Counties of Namukora and Orom with the South Sudan borders. The migratory farmers…
Persons vaccinated using the the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine might need to get a booster dose so as to get 100 percent protection against severe disease according to findings from Phase III trials. The trials that were carried out by the manufacturers of the vaccine show that the single-dose vaccine provides strong and long…