MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL ISOLATION UNIT: ONLY THREE PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE WHICH SHOWED CONTACT TRACING SAVES By Goodluck Musinguzi Hon Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health said Kampala City and the populous Wakiso district were saved from Ebola-Sudan due to the robust contact tracing. All contacts were hosted at Mulago …
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By Goodluck Musinguzi Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization was handed supplies worthy $995,000( Shs 3.6 Billion) to be used at 3 Ebola treatment and isolation units at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Masaka and Jinja Referral Hospitals. Hon Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health witnessed …
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By Goodluck Musinguzi Ministry of Health has opened the 7th Ebola treatment Unit with a 32-bed capacity at Mulago National Referral Hospital in the Capital City of Kampala. This facility will help in the preparedness against any infectious disease, especially the Ebola-Sudan strain. Hon Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health …
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By Goodluck Musinguzi- Kampala The Ministry of Health has received 1200 doses belonging to one of the three candidate vaccines against the Sudan Ebola Virus that will be used in a campaign dumbed Tokomeza Ebola Vaccine trial in Uganda. The Director General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom …
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By Lawrence Okwakol-PallisaThe Pallisa district health officer Dr. Godfrey Mulekwa has challenged people to mind about themselves and carry out various health tests especially for Hepatitis B among others.Mulekwa gave the tip while addressing media on health matters of the district at the district headquarters on Monday, 5th Decemeber, 2022. …
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By Edward Akaki – MorotoA section of leaders of Moroto district have blamed the high rate of teenage pregnancy in the district and region at large to laxity by some parents who do not teach their children good morals or leave them to learn from others.This was during the launch …
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DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE MAJ GEN KATSINGAZI CAMPED IN MUBENDE,KASSANDA TO OVERSEE ENFORCEMENT OF EBOLA LOCKDOWN By Goodluck Musinguzi Uganda Police Force is mandated to enforce Ebola Lockdown as announced by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in a televised speech on 15th October 2022. By 9 am on Sunday, 16th …
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By Goodluck Musinguzi Kassanda District Task Force hosted the National Strategic Committee and Response Partners on Ebola a number of times after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced the 21 days lockdown. They held dialogues with the community at Bweyongede, the district council and other areas many times to increase awareness …
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4th PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ON EBOLA WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE MUBENDE DISTRICT HAD MADE PROGRESS WHILE KASSANDA WAS SLOW By Goodluck Musinguzi President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, held his 4th Presidential Address to rally the country against being complacent in the fight against Ebola-Sudan Strain. “Fellow Countrymen, Countrywomen and Residents in Uganda, …
Read More »By Goodluck Musinguzi Ministry of Health made available shs305 million to Kassanda district to facilitate members of the task force as they oversee the fight against Ebola. Dr Diana Atwine, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health sent the money on Friday, 14th October 2022 however the district council dragged on for …
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