Tag Archives: Ministry of Health

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Medical Association (UMA) has advised the government to stop admitting each and every person who tests positive for COVID-19. Dr Frank Asiimwe, a urologist who is in charge of welfare in the association says only patients with severe and moderate symptoms should …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Broadcasting Corporation has reduced access to its Kampala office for both staff and members of the public after ten people at the media house tested positive for COVID-19. A statement issued today by the media house indicated that the cases were from …

Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bushenyi district COVID-19 taskforce chairperson has directed that all journalists in the district undergo a mandatory testing for the virus. According to the recent results released from Ministry of Health, two people have been confirmed positive to COVID-19 in Bushenyi and were reported as …

  📌318 new cases 🔺 Amuru Prisons- 154 (153 inmates, 1 prison staff) 🔺 136 contacts and alerts ✳ 65 Kampala ✳ 14 Kiryandongo ✳ 9 Gulu ✳ 9 Mbarara ✳ 8 Kitgum ✳ 8 Arua ✳ 7 Wakiso ✳ 4 Mbale ✳ 4 Buikwe ✳ 2 Masaka ✳ 1 Bugiri, Jinja, Luweero, Manafwa, Masindi, Mityan 🔺 8 truck drivers 🔺 20 health workers Kampala, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors under their umbrella Uganda Medical Association (UMA) want medical interns to be placed into hospitals as medical officers on probation. UMA president Dr Richard Idro said that the Ministry of Health is setting up a committee to come up with a document on …

Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nakaseke district taskforce has directed all contacts of covid-19 patients to self-isolate due to lack of resources to operate the quarantine centres. The district has registered nine positive cases of COVID- 19. The latest eight cases were registered at Kiwoko hospital after health workers tested …

UPDATE 🔺 August 12th – new COVID-19 cases 21 🔺 Total confirmed cases 1,353. 🔺 8 new cases are from Malaba point of entry 🔺 12 new cases are contacts and community alerts. 🔹 Total Deaths: 11 🔸Total Recoveries: 1,141 🔹Samples from Points of Entry tested today:2,871 🔸Samples from community and contacts: 1,147 🔹Samples tested …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The country is getting fewer condoms than what is needed, activists complained on Tuesday calling for more local funding for the contraceptive and HIV prevention method. The activists who were speaking at the release of an assessment report of condom stock status and funding …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of Health has flagged off the second batch of officials who will distribute 4.9 million long-lasting insecticide treated nets in 28 districts in Central and Western Uganda. The first batch distributed a total of 4,371,259 nets in 25 districts in Eastern and Northern …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As plans to fully operationalize Uganda’s first human breast milk bank takes shape, experts are warning about the likelihood of getting milk that could transmit diseases to babies if proper screening is not done. Dr. Sabrina Kitaka, a pediatrician at the HIV clinic of Baylor …