Tag Archives: Ministry of Health

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng says manning border screening points was becoming very expensive in the wake of security threats. The Minister was responding to concerns about the closure of several screening points at Uganda- DR Congo border, amidst an on-going Ebola virus …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Yellow fever vaccination will be included in the routine immunization schedule. According to the Ministry of Health, following the recently declared yellow fever outbreak in the country, government plans to introduce vaccination later this year. The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng says that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is not planning to send teams from Kampala to manage the reported outbreak of Crimean Congo fever in Kagadi district. Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever is a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus, transmitted to people either by tick bites or through …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former minister of health in- charge of General Duties, Sarah Opendi has said that the Ministry of Health has failed to extend health centres to all sub-counties across the country. She was on Thursday speaking at the handover ceremony to Robinah Nabbanja, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organizations- CSOs are pushing for an increase of the primary health care budget. In the budget proposals presented by the Ministry of Health to the Health Committee of Parliament, the Primary Health Care (PHC) grant has been allocated 520 billion shillings, a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Outgoing US Ambassador Deborah Malac has urged the Ministry of Health to equally pay attention to other diseases that continue ravaging communities as they focus on emerging infections, HIV and malaria. She said during the four years she has been in the country, she has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is processing a concept note to show how they will utilize grants worth USD 600 million approved by the Global Fund to tackle HIV, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria. According to Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, this additional funding that will …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Ministry of Health has revealed that as of last week, malaria cases across the country stood at 955,134. The report, malaria situation update also shows that by January 7th 2020, 280 malaria deaths had been recorded by the surveillance team being reported at health facilities …

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Luweero District has embarked on re-organization and recruitment of staff at Luweero Hospital. On September 5th 2019 the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Health Doctor Diana Atwine upgraded Luweero Health Center IV to General hospital. Atwine also directed the district to recruit 185 health workers …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health will in 2020 prioritize raising funds to address disease  outbreaks. Last year, a number of disease outbreaks were reported in the country. These include cases of measles and rubella, cholera, malaria and three confirmed cases of Ebola. Dr Jane …