BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA CITY: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2025 The People Empowering People was one of the community based organisations participating in the HIV/AIDS program in Madi-Okollo district. The program was funded by the Centers for Disease Control of the United States of America through the Infectious Disease Institute of …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA CITY: TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2025 Dr Elizabeth Kasirye, a preventive healthcare specialist at the Ministry of health, says people must not wait to first fall sick and then seek medical attention. “Embrace preventive care programs like vaccination. Let us turn health audit into a routine habit,” …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA CITY: FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2025 Tuberculosis and leprosy are two diseases which when left to advance to later stages are often confused with witchcraft, leading to further spread of infections and deaths due to poor handling. As a result, Dr Alex Odama Alidria, the regional head …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2025 Dr John Omagino, the director of the Uganda heart institute has sounded warning about the rising incidences of non-communicable disease in the country, warning the they have become the monster that is killing people. Non-communicable diseases cannot be passed onto another person unless …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2025 On June 11, 2025, the Judiciary took an unprecedented step to close all courts in the West Nile sub region of Uganda, summoning all staff to gather at the Arua High Court premises for HIV counselling and testing. The health camp organized in …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: THURSDAY MAY 22, 2025 The Arua Regional Blood Bank will coordinate blood collection, processing and distribution in West Nile and reduce blood shortages, Dr Diana Steiner, the permanent secretary of the ministry of health has said. The Laboratory is a vital healthcare institution dedicated to …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: MONDAY, MAY 26, 2025 At the time Charles Asiki became the Mayor in 2006, the then Arua Municipality was a cholera endemic and filthy urban center. Mountains of garbage became permanent features of the town’s landscape, wooden kiosks littered the urban center without corresponding latrines that …
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Amudat district registers high Malaria vaccine uptake By Timothy Eudo and Musinguzi Goodluck Health authorities in Amudat district have reported very positive uptake of the recently launched malaria vaccination campaign. According to the authorities, the community was very positive, leading to the exhaustion of the first batch of the vaccines. …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI YUMBE: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Siraj Baguma, the health center in charge says he is unaware of why funding has dried up, but reliable sources say that the project was not well coordinated between the Yumbe district and the Ministry of health. As such …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU & MUSINGUZI GOODLUCK ARUA: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Engineers and Manson men at the construction site of the Intensive Care Unit at the Arua hospital are racing to against time to hit a one crucial target. Finishing and handing over of the facility for public use. This …
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