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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Uganda continues battling community infections, some individuals have resorted to paying hospital and mortuary staff for negative coronavirus reports for their loved ones who have succumbed to the pandemic. This comes almost three months after the Health Ministry stopped conducting burials for COVID-19 victims …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health centre III’s across the country will now be able to test and manage Covid-19 cases as the health ministry moves to ease care for those battling the deadly respiratory disease. Dr Atek Kagirita, an epidemiologist and a technical consultant at the Covid-19 surveillance taskforce …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya’s health ministry on Friday launched smart anti-epidemic robot technology to reduce exposure of health workers to COVID-19 patients under their care. Mutahi Kagwe, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Health said the robots will be deployed at the country’s main referral hospital, the Kenyatta National …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry is set to distribute three million mosquito nets in Kampala and Wakiso districts. The distribution will start on Friday and end on Wednesday 13th. This is part of the newly launched “under the net” campaign, through which government intends to distribute up …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT, URN & XINHUA | When the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) VG Somani on Sunday approved the Oxford coronavirus vaccine and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for “restricted use”, the clapping and cheering that followed could be heard in nearly all the capital cities of Africa, including …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry has come out to discourage the use of the face shields as an alternative to face masks. The Ministry of Health has recently noted the increasing numbers of Ugandans using face shields instead of face masks as a preventive measure against Covid-19, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry has issued guidelines for the proper handling and burial of COVID-19 victims to avoid exposing the public to infection. The Primary Healthcare State Minister, Dr. Joyce Moriku Kaducu read out the new guidelines at a press briefing at the government-owned Uganda Media …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry is planning to change the treatment protocol for severe malaria. According to health ministry officials, they want to replace Artemether-Lumedantrine(AL) with Dihydroartmetisinin- Piperaquine(DP) as a first line drug for patients being treated for severe malaria. Currently, persons diagnosed with severe malaria are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of mothers dying during deliveries within hospitals is on the rise, according to a report released by the Ministry of Health. Figures from the Annual Health Sector Performance review show that a total of 496 mothers died during childbirth in 2019/2020 compared to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than half of the mothers who deliver their children in some private hospitals do so by undergoing a cesarean section, according to Annual Health Sector Performance Review released by the health ministry today. According to the report, 51 percent of all expectant mothers at …