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 DRAIMAKU YUMBE: MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2025 The mood at the Boma grounds in Yumbe district was celebratory as the people gathered to pay homage to late Col Nasur Ezaruku and especially remember him for the stellar role he played in bringing peace to the area that had seen …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA CITY: FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2025 Stella Asianju, a resident of Oniba Cell in Ombaci ward, wants to rear pigs and chicken. It was her expectation that the former Member of Parliament, Bernard Atiku, would speak about them. Atiku is plotting a comeback to reclaim the seat …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2025 A united leadership is required to nurture the young city, Bernard Atiku, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayivu constituency when Arua City was created, has said. As he plots a political comeback, Atiku insisted in an interview that being …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GEOFFREY ANGUPALE TEREGO: TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2025 The upgrade of Itia Health Center II to a health Center III has begun with the construction of a modern maternity ward to bring maternal health services closure to the people in Katrini Sub-County, Terego district. The health unit’s …
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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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By Goodluck Musinguzi A Healthier Tomorrow: Uganda’s Transformational Health Journey (2021–2025) Ministry of Health developed a strategic plan 2021-205 that was derived from Uganda Vision 2040 where the health sector aims at ensuring Uganda has a productive population that effectively contributes to socio-economic growth which will be achieved by provision …
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