The Indoor Residual Spray-IRS conducted by the Ministry of Health to control malaria infections in Serere district has not led to a reduction in malaria cases in health facilities according to health authorities. Serere district had its second IRS using Fludora Fusion insecticide in April this year, which covered 98.9 percent of the households. Actellic chemical…
Health officials at Muko Health Centre IV in Rubanda district, western Uganda are struggling to provide adequate services for pregnant women due to failure to access basic protective gear such as gloves, water and inadequate space in the maternity ward. The health admits more than 20 expectant mothers on a daily. Public health officials are afraid…
Regional Referral Hospitals are still dusting beds procured by the Ministry of Health for Intensive Care Unit- ICU wards. The beds and other equipment for the units are stuck in stores and others in open spaces at the hospital parking lots. Intensive care units (ICU) provide critical care and life support for acutely ill…
COVID -19 survivors in Gulu are demanding discharge certificates to counter stigma and segregation from their communities. The survivors who underwent home-based care management and later tested negative for the virus say they continue facing stigma, segregation, rejection and isolation from the communities. Santos Comboni Okwera, a resident of Kanyagoga ‘A’ Sub –Ward in Bardege…
Unionists want the Uganda government to borrow a leaf from their regional neighbours and reign in on ensuring that health workers get timely treatment when they get infected. Dr. Aggrey Sanya, the Secretary-General of Uganda Medical Workers Union who was speaking to journalists on Monday said that Kenya has set up special isolation centres…
Dr Alfred Driwale, the Program Manager for immunization says while no one likes to be scammed, the 800 people allegedly vaccinated with fake vaccines bear the blame. Obviously bothered by the scam but unsympathetic to the victims of the fake vaccine, Driwale, also an Assistant Commissioner at the Health Ministry says whoever took the vaccines…
Mental Health Uganda has embarked on the door to door monitoring of their clients in Gulu and Omoro districts. The move was prompted by the current lockdown announced by the government to contain the spared of COVID-19. The monitoring visits involved 1,002 peers with specific skills in handling mental health issues. The peers include are…
Kampala resident’s willingness to have a coronavirus vaccine is increasing, according to a new report on attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines. A COVID-19 vaccine is the key to beating the virus that has so far killed close to 2,000 Ugandans. A short survey conducted in Kampala, among 610 residents by the Twaweza’s Sauti Wanaichi team which…
As Uganda experiences a second wave and cases surge, some regional hospitals are repurposing part of their space to accommodate COVID-19 patients. At Gulu Regional Referral Hospital the antenatal care unit has been turned into a new COVID-19 treatment centre and turning away even pregnant women. Studies have shown that one of the reasons for…
On May 28, 2021, Irene Nakasiita, the head of communications and Public Relations at the Uganda RedCross Society tested positive for COVID-19. She was admitted to Jinja Regional Referral Hospital on the same day since she had difficulty breathing. Nakasiita describes her stay at the hospital as horrible with doctors relegating their duties to nurses who…