Health

Rubanda, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Rubanda district local government has asked majority of the staff working at the headquarters to stay home following the outbreak of COVID-19 at Rubanda district government prison.  The district COVID-19 taskforce confirmed the first inmate with COVID-19 positive case in Rubanda district government prisons …

WASHINGTON, USA | XINHUA |   White House physician Sean Conley said on Monday that President Donald Trump has tested negative for COVID-19, 12 days after the president tested positive with the virus. Trump has tested negative “on consecutive days” and is “not infectious to others,” according to a memo from …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The question on how to effectively handle persons that develop a mental illness in the management of COVID-19, remains largely ignored, even as the Ministry of Health (MOH) adjusts its treatment protocols.  New homecare guidelines by the Ministry of Health allow persons with mild …

Masindi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Tension is high at Masindi Hospital as two Senior Health workers at the facility have tested Positive for COVID-19 alongside four other community members. The results of the two were released to the district Health officials by the Health ministry on Sunday evening. Dr …

Entebbe, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   More than 50 passengers have so far missed their flights for showing up at Entebbe International Airport with invalid COVID19 negative test certificates. All travellers going through the airport are required to present a negative PCR COVID-19 test certificate issued within 120 hours before …

Lira, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Lango Paramount Chief Yosam Odur Ebii has been transferred to Mulago National Referral Hospital for treatment.   Odur was first admitted at Lira University Teaching Hospital on Saturday, for treatment of a fatigue-related illnesses. But according to a statement issued by the Office of the …

Entebbe, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Internal Affairs Minister Gen. Jeje Odongo has said that people who were illegally staying in Uganda at the time of the closure of airports and borders early in the year, will have to seek clearance to travel.  This is one of the guidelines that …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ayivui health center III in Arua city has received a newly refurbished maternity ward and medical equipment valued at over Shillings 100 million. The ward was renovated and equipped by the Bank of Uganda under its social corporate responsibility to promote professional health care services …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of mentally ill persons seeking mental health services at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has drastically reduced amidst the rising number of deaths by suicide in Acholi sub region. Freddy Odong, a psychiatric nurse and the project manager of suicide prevention at Gulu Regional …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cancer Institute-UCI has drafted a new 10-year National Cancer Control Plan 2020. The plan provides for the care of new categories of cancer patients like refugees, migratory communities and emphasizes pediatric cancer care, which wasn’t in the previous plan. Dr. Jackson Orem, the …