The National Medical Stores (NMS), the national drug distributor has so far delivered 93,360 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines to 94 districts across the country since the arrival of 175,200 doses of AstraZenca received last week as a donation from the French government. Sheila Nduhukire, the NMS Spokesperson says the agency dispatched 117,520 vaccine doses to…
Amuru district health department has resorted to the door to door delivery of the life-prolonging Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to people living with HIV following the suspension of public transport. The door to door campaign will benefit 3,194 people living with HIV in hard to reach areas and cannot easily access health facilities to get the…
After acquiring a new batch of vaccines donated by the French government, nationwide COVID-19 vaccination is scheduled to resume next week on June 28th, according to the Ministry of Health. Uganda received a total of 175,200 vaccines will be used. The vaccines were a donation from France through the COVAX facility. The new doses bring to…
Kwania district health department has run out of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to support the treatment of coronavirus patient amidst an escalation in the number of cases in the district. The district registered 59 cases in the past three weeks including eight health workers who were all referred to Lira Regional Referral hospital for treatment…
Health Workers in the Uganda-Kenya border district of Busia want the government to give them risk allowances as COVID-19 cases surge in the area. By last week, Busia district has registered 340 COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths out of 6,302 samples tested. Out of the targeted 160,000 registered health workers in the country only…
In Uganda, COVID-19 tests done for over 3,000 people to attend the different Parliamentary events in June, had over 100 turn positive. For every essential event conducted by the government new measures have been instituted for all attending to test at least 72 hours before the function takes place. “We are conducting COVID sterile government…
By Esther Nakkazi The African region has seen a steady decline in new COVID-19 cases over the past two months, the World Health Organisation reports. Starting 20 July to September 20th, 77,147 new cases were reported, down from 131,647 recorded from May 20th to mid-July. Deaths attributed to COVID-19 have also remained low in the…
By HEJNU Fifty-four countries have signed up to a ground-breaking initiative, which aims to secure at least 220 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine once licensed and approved, the World Health Organisation has announced. The governments will secure the vaccine through COVAX, a global initiative that is co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations…
The Government of Canada has provided CAD$ 11 million to support the Government of Somalia, through UNFPA, on a new initiative on Strengthening Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights through strengthening midwifery education and practice. This includes CAD$ 1 million dedicated to an enhanced response to the current COVID-19 pandemic to protect the health care…
By Esther Nakkazi China has certified three traditional medicines for treatment of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The three Chinese patented medicines－Jinhua Qinggan Granule, Lianhua Qingwen Capsule and Xuebijing Injection prescriptions were developed by the Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and have been clinically proven effective for COVID-19 treatment, China media reports. Jinhua Qinggan Granule was developed during the 2009 H1N1…