Tag Archives: Ministry of Health

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is investigating a case where health workers stationed at Mukono General hospital threw a stillborn baby in a placenta pit. The investigation comes following reports from the mother, 29-year-old Rose Baisi, a resident of Kigombya in Mukono district, that one of …

  Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has launched the Consortium on Newborn Screening in Africa-CONSA, a network that seeks to demonstrate the benefits of newborn screening and early interventions for children with sickle cell disease, for the Lango sub-region. CONSA will combine newborn screening and early intervention using …

National Health Insurance Scheme seeks to achieve health equity among all Ugandans in the formal and informal sectors Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts have said that the public and the politicians that passed the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) bill which is touted as one that will enable Uganda to achieve health …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine in Gulu district has increased in the last three days amidst a spike in new infections. Gulu district has registered over 100 Covid-19 cases in the last one month. This brings the number of cases registered in the district to …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The medical team from Soroti Regional Referral Hospital that conducted a successful separation of conjoined twins in March has been recognized once again, this time by the Ministry of Health. A team of medics led by Dr Joseph Epodoi, the consultant surgeon successfully separated conjoined twins …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kawolo hospital is yet to deliver services to residents according to expectation despite undergoing major rehabilitation in 2017. The hospital lacks key staff which is affecting service delivery. The rehabilitation works also included the construction of a new outpatient department, a fully equipped theatre with three …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has said they had a bad deal with ROKO constructions, a local company that was earlier in 2014 handed a deal to renovate Mulago National Referral Hospital and transform it into a specialized facility. Initially, a loan of $50 million was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Midwives aiming to renew their practicing licenses face challenges accessing centres for retooling as required by the Ministry of Health which has left many of them practicing without licenses. The Uganda Nurses and Midwifery Council requires that a midwife attains 50 Continuous Professional Development -CPD credit …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Prisons Services has less than 100 COVID-19 vaccine doses left amidst very high demand by the personnel and prison communities to get vaccinated. Frank Baine, public relations officer of Uganda prisons says the security agency received 10,000 doses and over 9,900 have been consumed. This …

Parliamentary Forum on Malaria wants government to dedicate Shillings 250 billion to fighting malaria for a period of five years Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Forum on Malaria is calling for the mainstreaming of the fight against malaria as a means to kick the disease completely out of the …