Tag Archives: Ministry of Health

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has received an additional 175,200 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by the French government through the COVAX facility. The vaccines arrived in the country on Wednesday night aboard KLM airlines. A team of officials from the Ministry of Health and National Medical …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ministry of health has announced that it will issue vaccination certificates to all persons that are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The certificate will be printed out and will have several security features on top and inside to stop forgeries. They will also have the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The oxygen plant at Mulago National Referral Hospital, the country’s biggest facility is being stretched to produce more amidst increased demand arising from the surge in COVID-19. The plant has the capacity to produce 2,083 litres of oxygen per minute. David Nuwamanya, the hospital principal …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has received US$ 7million, about Shillings 25 billion from the Global Fund to install seven oxygen plants across the country. Eng. George Otim, the commissioner of health infrastructure in the health ministry says they will install the oxygen plants in Mbarara, …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Staff shortage has overstretched care delivery at the Covid-19 treatment unit in Gulu Regional Referral Hospital. During the first lockdown to contain the virus, up to 38 staff drawn from the different departments were trained by the Ministry of Health backed by the World Health …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The resurgence of COVID-19 infections that have thrown the country into panic mode could have been avoided if politicians had listened to scientific reasoning during the recent election cycle. While daily COVID-19 positive cases had fallen to the lows of less than ten cases each …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The closure of Entebbe hospital has angered residents in the area. The hospital was closed to inpatients on Monday due to a surge in the number of Covid-19 patients being admitted at the hospital. Management announced that it will only provide outpatient services like chronic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Law Society has petitioned the Ministry of Health to clear its members to move to all courts without restrictions. The call comes barely a day after President Yoweri Museveni announced restrictions on movement across districts as a new measure to control the spread …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The director of Arua Regional Referral Hospital, Dr. Filbert Nyeko is in trouble over failure to recover an ambulance that went missing nearly three months ago. The Toyota Land Cruiser ambulance belonging to Arua Regional referral hospital, Reg. No. UG 6812M was discovered missing from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 34,139 Ugandans have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 according to the Ministry of Health. All those who have received two doses of the vaccine were among the first people vaccinated in the country. According to records from the health ministry, these persons where vaccinated …