Tag Archives: Ministry of Health

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Disease following the death of a 59-year-old Congolese national who had been admitted to Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala. According to a press statement issued this evening, the patient was admitted on May …

    The country-specific data remains limited, but the scale of sickle cell disease suggests the implications are considerable   Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA |  For two weeks, a 16-year-old girl living with sickle cell disease was treated for what appeared to be a stubborn chest infection. She had …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has started installation of solar–powered cold chain refrigerators, in a move that officials say will help save the millions of doses of vaccines that go to waste every year. While flagging off the equipment, Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has unveiled a new initiative to integrate eye health services into Uganda’s community health system in an effort to combat the rising burden of vision impairment across the country. Announcing the plan, Dr. Charles Olaro, Director General of Health Services, said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists attending the world’s first international conference on the triple elimination of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B have raised alarm over the continued neglect of syphilis prevention and control efforts, despite the infection’s growing burden across the African continent. Speaking at the ongoing conference …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has revealed that all ambulances operating in the country will soon be managed centrally when the call and dispatch center being established finally becomes operational. Speaking to URN in an interview, Dr Daniel Kyabayinze, the Director Public Health in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials at the Ministry of Health are calling for a change in urban planning, arguing that current road designs do not offer safe spaces for the public to walk or engage in other outdoor activities, which are key in reducing the growing burden of …

Zombo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni, the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Director, senior Ministry of Health officials, and distinguished doctors from across East Africa and beyond are expected to attend thanksgiving prayers in honor of Dr. Amos Nyathirombo, a renowned ophthalmologist and drug researcher, following his …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials at the Ministry of Health have called for increased public awareness to prevent obstetric fistula — a debilitating condition resulting from prolonged obstructed labor where a mother develops a hole between the genital tract and either the urinary tract or rectum, or both. According …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | There has been an increasing number of women turning up at health facilities with complications associated with abortion, the Ministry of Health has reported. Though he declined to reveal more details on numbers and what districts are most affected,  Dr Richard Mugahi, the Commissioner …