PAKWACH VILLAGE CHAIRPERSONS TOLD TO USE NEW BICYCLES FOR EBOLA AWARENESS CAMPAIGN By Goodluck Musinguzi PAKWACH: MONDAY, November 06, 2022 The Village and Parish council chairpersons in Pakwach district have been told to intensify the Ebola awareness campaign following the provision of new bicycles by the local government ministry and …
Read More »Bishop calls for vigilance from Ugandans in fight against Ebola.
Bishop Bukomeko while addressing the congregation at the event By Goodluck Musinguzi The bishop of the Mityana diocese the Right Rev Dr James Bukomeko Ssaalongo has urged Ugandan to be vigilant and follow the President’s directives on the Ebola situation in order to avert very high risks of increased cases …
Read More »THE RISK OF SPREADING EBOLA IS HIGH, MUBENDE AND KASANDA DISTRICTS LOCKDOWN FOR 21 DAYS
By Goodluck Musinguzi 26 days after announcing the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, the Ministry of Health has been forced to recommend a lockdown in two districts of Mubende and Kasanda the epi-centre of the viral disease. President Yoweri Museveni narrated how two known family members decided to visit other districts …
Read More »“LINK BUS TO BE SURRENDERED TO GOVERNMENT FOR CONTRAVENING EBOLA GUIDELINES”- PRESIDENT MUSEVENI WARNED TRANSPORTERS
“LINK BUS TO BE SURRENDERED TO GOVERNMENT FOR CONTRAVENING EBOLA GUIDELINES”- PRESIDENT MUSEVENI WARNED TRANSPORTERS By Goodluck Musinguzi Two passengers (Bus Inspectors) whose health status is not known with families in Kasanda district the epi-centre of Ebola Virus Disease, decided to leave the area after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced …
Read More »FIRST EBOLA LOCKDOWN IN UGANDA INTENDED TO STOP SICK PEOPLE FROM TRAVELLING TO POPULATED AREAS
FIRST EBOLA LOCKDOWN IN UGANDA INTENDED TO STOP SICK PEOPLE FROM TRAVELLING TO POPULATED AREAS By Goodluck Musinguzi 26 days after announcing the Ebola breakout in Uganda, the Ministry of Health has been forced to recommend a lockdown in two districts of Mubende and Kasanda the epi-centre of the viral …
Read More »DR JANE RUTH ACENG LEADS STRATEGIC COMMITTEE/RESPONSE PARTNERS ON EBOLA TO KASSANDA
DR JANE RUTH ACENG LEADS STRATEGIC COMMITTEE/RESPONSE PARTNERS ON EBOLA TO KASSANDA By Goodluck Musinguzi Kassanda District Task Force has hosted the National Strategic Committee and Response Partners on Ebola after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced the 21 days lockdown. They held a dialogue with the community at Bweyongede and …
Read More »MTN MARATHON TO SUPPORT KAABONG HOSPITAL IN KARAMOJA REGION, 1.5 MILLION CHILDREN BORN IN 2021- DR DIANA ATWINE
By Goodluck Musinguzi Kaabong General Hospital produced close to 1000 babies in the year 2020, 6 mothers died in labour while they recorded 21 Fresh Still Birth. These children are part of the 1.5 million children born per year in Uganda. Therefore, improving maternal and neonatal health is the dream …
Read More »Ministry of health delivers on the promise of CT scanners to regional referral hospitals.
By Edward Akaki – KaramojaIn 2021, the government through the Ministry of Health revealed that they had finalized the planning and funding for the installation of Computed Tomography (CT) Scan machines in all the fourteen regional referral hospitals in the country. The project that was slated for the previous year …
Read More »UGANDA AMONG FIVE COUNTRIES WITH HIGHEST TB TREATMENT COVERAGE-WHO
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2022 Uganda is one of the five countries with the highest level of treatment coverage for tuberculosis (TB), the World Health Organisation has confirmed in its latest report. It joins China, Bangaladesh, Brazil and Zambia in that small league of countries to have …
Read More »Over 2000 Locals to benefit from free eye screening, surgery camp in serere
Thursday, 27 October 2022 By Musana Venentulo-Serere The Member of Parliament for Pingire County Hon. Fred Opolot in partnership with the Northern Indian Association in Uganda (NICA) are set to hold the 69th free eye screening camp and 19th cataract surgery in serere HCIV. According to Gulshan Ram the Indian …
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