Saturday , October 5 2024
Home / Tag Archives: drugs (page 2)

Tag Archives: drugs

Prof Balunywa asks graduands to desist from consumption of drugs

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Professor Waswa Balunywa, the Principal of Makerere University Business School- MUBS has urged graduands to desist from consumption of drugs. Balunywa was on Thursday speaking at the ongoing graduation ceremony at Makerere University’s Freedom square. The fourth day of the graduation week saw only graduands …

Read More »

NDA closes down 70 shops, Impounds drugs worth UGX40 million

Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority – NDA has closed 70 drug outlets and impounded 140 boxes of drugs worth 40 million shillings during a seven day compliance enforcement operation in the seven districts of Rwenzori region. The operation, according to the Authority, targeted drug outlets that …

Read More »

Pfizer offers Uganda, 44 countries cheaper drugs

New medicines and vaccines to be availed on a not-for-profit basis Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | Drug manufacturer Pfizer Inc. has announced that it has significantly expanded its commitment to An Accord for a Healthier World to offer the full portfolio of medicines and vaccines for which it has global rights …

Read More »

Health worker arrested over theft of malaria drugs

  Kibuku, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-four-year-old John Stanley Mateka, the in-charge of Community Health Plan in Kapiyia parish, Nankodo sub county, Kibuku district is behind bars for alleged theft of essential drugs. Samuel Semewo, the Bukedi Region Police spokesperson says that Mateka was intercepted on Monday while traveling to …

Read More »

NMS seeks Shs298 billion to counter decline in donor funding

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Medical Stores (NMS) is seeking Shs 298 billion to offset the projected funding gaps arising from the declining donor funding. NMS General Manager, Moses Kamabare said that since donor agencies such as PEPFAR that have for long provided essential medicines such as …

Read More »