Tag Archives: Ministry of Health

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 486 health workers of both private and government health facilities in Amuru have been registered for the COVID-19 vaccine. Amuru received 3,000 dozes of the vaccines from the Ministry of Health on Tuesday evening to be administered to 1,500 people. It is part of 964,000 …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Amuru district have appealed to the Ministry of Health to send them more COVID-19 vaccines. The district received 3,000 doses of the vaccines on Tuesday which will cover 1,500 people. The vaccination exercise is expected to start by 17th of March. Amuru district …

The laboratory can run 1,000 test samples in 24 hours Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University laboratory has been accredited to test COVID -19 samples. Last year, the University applied for accreditation to run COVID-19 tests at the laboratory, it was later accredited on January 25th, 2021 after scientific …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of health says it will administer the AstraZeneca vaccine eight weeks apart despite studies showing that administering the vaccine 12 weeks apart leads to higher efficacy of the vaccines. According to a study published in the medical journal, the Lancet that took place …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As part of its new drive to test all adults of 19 years and above, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has designated a number of health facilities as hepatitis B treatment centers in Kampala allocating two are more facilities in each division. This is part …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health experts have asked the Ministry of Health to be keen on who they accredit from the private sector to be importers of the Covid-19 vaccine. This comes amidst piling pressure on the Ministry by the private sector to be allowed to avail doses for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is assessing the risk that the recently declared Ebola case in DRC presents to the country. According to the health ministry, surveillance teams have been sent to the border districts of Kasese, Ntoroko and Bundigudbyo to study the situation and give …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government could face challenges establishing the rightful recipients of the much-needed jab against the COVID-19 virus if extra caution is not taken to close loopholes. Uganda is expecting more than 20 million doses of vaccines at the end of this month according to a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital imaging department is struggling to operate effectively due to a faulty X-ray machine and lack of a CT scan. John Mali, the in-charge of the department says that the X-ray machine broke down about two months ago and they now …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has said that it does not know the cost of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine despite ordering for two million doses. According to the ministry of health officials, the government has only budgeted for the vaccination process to cost an estimated 1.4 …