Health

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 pandemic that has put a halt on foreign travels has exposed how some of the trips including those seeking treatment abroad are just unnecessary, medical experts have observed. Dr William Anzo, a researcher and gynecologist at Mulago Hospital told Uganda Radio Network …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Medical workers in the private sector have asked the government to consider a benchmarking study from its neighbours; Tanzania and Burundi, to see how it can open up the economy even in the face of coronavirus disease.  The president of the Society of Uganda Private …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The eastern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC has been declared free of Ebola Virus Disease by the World Health Organisation almost two years since the Ebola outbreak was declared in the country. The Ebola outbreak which began in August 2018 in eastern DRC, …

Kabale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | bThe Kabale district COVID-19 task force is struggling to find space to fulfil a requirement by the Ministry of health to accommodate 200 COVID-19 patients.  The Ministry of Health last month guided that all 40 referral hospitals across the country needed to secure a space …

New study has lots of implications for authorities pondering decisions such as reopening schools  | THE INDEPENDENT | Research on COVID-19 pediatric patients is still limited, but a new study offers a fresh perspective on the early diagnosis and epidemic control of COVID-19 in children and could enhance early intervention …