Health

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A second batch of 131 Ugandans and legal residents returned from India arrived in the country on Saturday night aboard Air Tanzania. The plane touched down at Entebbe International Airport 10:10pm. The first batch of 139 of returnees from India arrived on July 1st. This …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Congestion has persisted at the main entrance of Kawempe Referral Hospital days after the Health State Minister Robinah Nabbanja directed security to clear the entrance and enforce COVID-19 physical distancing guidelines. Nabbanja issued the directives when she visited Kawempe Referral Hospital on Monday  …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists have identified a likely link between processed and fried foods containing trans fats and ovarian cancer. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) issued the announcement on Thursday at the end of a study of nearly 1,500 patients suffering from the disease, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the President has returned sh2.9 billion to the treasury after failing to spend it on activities for which it was allocated. The money is part of an allocation of sh16.8 billion which the office received to facilitate COVID-19 response activities in …

  Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Ugandans returning from abroad will no longer have to obtain a negative COVID-19 certificate before entering the country. This new development comes after many of the returning Ugandans reported that they were unable to procure the tests. In some countries like United States, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Jeff Sebuyira – Mukasa has been appointed Chairman Board of Directors of the International Medical Group, succeeding Dr. Ian Clarke, effective July 1st, 2020. Dr. Sebuyira-Mukasa — who holds a Doctorate in Business Leadership from the University of South Africa — is a …

Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Arua Hospital has started sending samples to Adjumani hospital laboratory for testing.  Since the outbreak of covid-19 in March samples collected from suspects and contacts in the West Nile region were sent to the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe. Two weeks ago, a mobile …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Nearly six months after the new coronavirus first emerged, the COVID-19 pandemic is “not even close to being over”, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned. Speaking on the eve of the grim milestone, Dr Tedros called for …

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Lack of personnel has rendered it difficult for Atiak Health Centre IV to undertake surgical operations, three years after its completion. The theatre complex was built-in 2018 by the Government of Uganda with funding from the World Bank.   Atiak Health Centre IV is the biggest …

Kasese, Uganda |  PROSSY NANSUBUGA |  Four UPDF officers have been charged with murder of Benon Nsimenta, a lay reader and soon to be ordained Reverend Deacon, who was shot dead at Hima village on Wednesday, June 26th. Reports indicate that Nsimenta, was riding to his garden on a motorcycle together …