President Yoweri Museveni has blamed the 10th Parliament for delaying the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines, even as the country struggled to beat the pandemic during the first wave. The Government Chief Whip Thomas Tayebwa today told the Chairpersons and Vice Chairpersons of the different Parliamentary committees that the President was unhappy about the delays in…
Public health experts have decried the low uptake of Hepatitis B vaccines in Sheema district which will expire in December this year if not used. Dr. Anthony Tumuhimbise, the In-charge of Vaccination in Sheema district, says that they have only used 3000 of the 6500 Hepatitis B vaccine doses the district received in 2019…
The Intensive Care Unit-ICU at Lira Hospital is operating without specialized staff. A report presented to the Parliamentary COVID_19 Task Force shows that the ICU has 3 doctors, 2 medical officers, 2 specialists ICU nurses and 6 support staff. An ideal intensive care unit requires doctors with a speciality in anesthetics, cardiology and emergency…
The office of the district community development officer in Bukedea district has registered over one thousand teenage girl pregnant since the second lock down was imposed by the government. The girls were seeking for antenatal care at Kachumbala County in the period since the 42 lock down was announced. Uganda has the highest teenage pregnancy…
The Ministry of Health has dismissed calls by activists for the resignation of Permanent Secretary Dr Diana Atwine. Ministry of Health Spokesperson Emmanuel Ainebyona says it is because of Dr. Atwine’s plausible performance that she was re-appointed by the President, and has described the the activists as attention seekers. The Union of Human Rights Defenders Uganda on Thursday called…
By Pamela Mawanda The fake COVID-19 vaccines that were given to over 800 people were 99 percent water, according to the State House Health Monitoring Unit. According to analytical results from the Government Analytical Laboratory and the National Drug Authority – the national drug regulator, the water that was put in the vials and passed…
The management of Holy family hospital Nyapea, a private non- profit hospital in Zombo district has called for the suspension of the charges on Oxygen to health facilities who are treating COVID-19 at a subsidized rate. Zombo district has registered 137 COVID-19 positive cases in June alone. The Hospital which has been charging patients 75,000 shillings for…
1,453 health workers out of the 5,413 in the Acholi Sub Region have shunned taking the vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Health workers are a priority category for COVID-19 vaccinations by the World Health Organisation and are on the list in Uganda. The health workers are operating in various health facilities in the…
Kabale Regional Referral Hospital and Kamukira Health Centre IV in Kabale Municipality have run out of drugs used in the support treatment of COVID-19 and other general illnesses. There is no approved therapy for the Covid-19, which can cause severe pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome in some patients. According to Ivan Mubangyizi, Kabale Municipality…
By Flavia Nassaka Prior to the lockdown, for the 145 street children currently housed at Kaazi Scout National Camping Ground, all they knew as home was the streets of Kampala. In fact, according to Maureen Muwonge, the Deputy Director Dwelling Places, an NGO that finds safe homes for such children, they were 161 when they first collected…