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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Midwives have decried the exorbitant fees they pay to renew their license.  All nurses and midwives working in Uganda must have a general license to practice and this has to be renewed every 3 years. The midwives note that renewing their practicing license requires them …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Health for General Duties Dr. Joyce Moriko Kaducu has said she is not happy with the way nurses are carrying out the COVID-19 vaccination. According to the minister, nurses are showing naivety in carrying out vaccination. According to Dr. Kaducu, many nurses …

I was told that, “nurses are busy people, they are always rushing to save lives and we thought this special attention would help save them some time that would otherwise be spent in the long lines.” COMMENT | Judith Hope Kiconco | I was at a supermarket recently for last minute …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union has again threatened industrial action following their botched meeting to discuss their allowances on Thursday.    Justus Cherop Kiplangat, the President of the Union says they went to the Ministry of Public Service to alert the Minister and Permanent Secretary about …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union (UNMU) has received 18 cases of nurses being harassed by politicians since March when the government instituted a lockdown to halt further spread of COVID-19.  The President of the Union Cherop Justus Kiplangat told URN in an interview that …

New York, United States | AFP |  New York nurses and doctors, hailed as heroes for fighting the coronavirus outbreak, are denouncing racial segregation in the public health system by joining the George Floyd protests. Wearing masks, hospital scrubs and other personal protective equipment like face visors, about a hundred-something medical …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Nurses at the Jinja COVID-19 isolation centre have declined to usher in a new patient in protest of unpaid allowances and lack of communication from the hospital administrators. The new patient was taken to the hospital at around 3 p.m, on Wednesday.  But instead of …

Libreville, Gabon | AFP |  Landlords evict people from their homes, nurses are abandoned by their husbands and people are spurned just on suspicion of coming into contact with a COVID-19 patient. Across sub-Saharan Africa, the stigma attached to the coronavirus is so strong that some choose not to seek treatment …

COMMENT | Rebecca Nalwoga Mukwaya | During one of his recent national addresses on the status of COVID-19, President Yoweri Museveni thanked health workers who have worked tirelessly to treat patients. He described their work as ‘world class’ as no death from the pandemic had occurred yet. Admittedly, the health workers …

Toronto, Canada | AFP |  At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian nurse Nikki Hillis-Walters was asked to choose between her two healthcare jobs — one in Canada, and one in the United States. She picked the latter, telling AFP: “It just felt like I was needed there.” She and …