By Goodluck Musinguzi Padibe Health Centre IV in Lamwo District has received improved infrastructure upgrades from Ministry of Health and other partners in a bid to support health services both for locals and refugees from South Sudan. Photo: Signpost for Padibe HC IV before entering the facility Dr Diana Atwine, …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU, GEOFFREY ANGUPALE AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI TEREGO: FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2025 There is mix of anticipation and excitement among the residents of Anufira parish in Omugo sub-county, Terego district as the long delayed construction of the Mount Wati Health Center III nears completion. The residents are elated that …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND �������� GOODLUCK ��������� MUSINGUZI ARUA CITY: FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2025 The Health sector is under the social services thematic working group and the forum will develop a working group plan to scrutinize sector. “We aim for improved service delivery in the health sector where people are …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU & MUSINGUZI GOODLUCK THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2025 Given the challenge of high rate of morbidity and mortality due to malaria, a health official has appealed to the public to stick to the schedule for vaccination. “The vaccine does not completely prevent malaria but it can prevent severe …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI ARUA: MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2024 There is a beehive of activity at the construction site for the Arua Hospital Intensive Care unit as wheelbarrow pushers make their way with mixture of concrete up the rums for casting the concrete upstairs as plumbing technicians drill …
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The Barakala health center complex is edging towards completion BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI YUMBE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2024 The construction works should have ended by June 2024 but Barakala Health center’s Outpatients department and office block complex is still unfinished. Siraj Baguma, the health center in-charge says that …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI YUMBE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2024 Technicians have began assembling equipment at Kochi health centre III in Yumbe district, expected to be a game changer in enhancing maternal health. This follows the completion of a sh1.9 b Word Bank funded project that included the construction …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI YUMBE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2024 Koro health center III in Bidibidi Refugee settlement in Yumbe district is three months away from turning from a temporary unit to a permanent facility. This follows the construction of about sh2bn Outpatients Department, Inpatient Block, a maternity …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: Friday, December 13, 2024 The construction of an ambulance call and dispatch center that is expected to improve coordination and management for medical emergencies is under way at the Arua Regional Referral Hospital. Project engineers have estimated the works to be at around 79% as they …
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Brenda Alezuyo with her 3-month baby and Rukia Lekuru at Kubala trading center on Sunday BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI TEREGO: MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2024 When Brenda Alezuyo, a teenage mother went into labour three months ago, she worried about the long distance to Omugo HCIV. More terrifying was …
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