Tag Archives: Uganda

  Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Health revealed Friday that demand for Lenacapavir, an HIV prevention injection launched in April, currently surpasses available doses, with more men demanding the twice-yearly drug. Speaking at a meeting attended by HIV advocates, researchers and policymakers, Dr Herbert Kadama who coordinates …

COMMENT | Morrison Rwakakamba |  Uganda stands at a rare inflection point in its development trajectory. With commercial oil production scheduled to commence later this year and a fresh electoral mandate secured, the national budget for the 2026/27 financial year offers more than another round of incremental spending. It attempts …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda’s Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced additional Ebola prevention measures aimed at curbing the possible spread of the disease. Speaking after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s national address on the Ebola outbreak, Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi said Ebola prevention guidelines have been distributed to all …

  ANALYSIS | KATRINE L WALLACE | As public health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo work to rein in a growing outbreak of a rare Ebola virus, other countries are establishing protocols for keeping their own populations safe. As of May 27, 2026, Congo has reported more than …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | A new risk assessment by the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows that the risk of transmission of Ebola Bundibugyo viral disease remains high in Uganda and very high in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), raising concern over potential cross-border spread. According to …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | ‎The World Bank Group intends to lend Uganda some 2 billion dollars (7.5 trillion shillings) in each of the three cycles over the next 10 years, according to the Bank’s new Country Partnership Framework CPF). ‎This adds to the existing 4.05 billion dollars (15.26 trillion …

    We should audit the 11th Parliament’s moral standing just as rigorously as we examine its financial misconduct COMMENT | FRANK MUGISHA | This week, Cabinet took their oaths at State House Entebbe, marking the formal beginning of what will be the government for the next half-decade, that is, 2026 …

  Why Uganda’s Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary is carrying the pressure of a regional epidemic crisis   COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Over the last decade, every time Uganda has had an Ebola outbreak, it has always found Dr Diana Atwine, Uganda’s Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of …

COMMENT | CRISPIN KAHERU | Somewhere in Kampala today, a signboard reads “For Sale”. Passersby are nodding knowingly. They have worked it out. The name is right there, embedded in the transaction. Sale. Salim “Sale(h)”. It is practically a confession. Somewhere else, another board reads “Not For Sale.” The nodding continues. …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has has said travel restrictions imposed on Uganda as a result of the Ebola outbreak first announced in May are unnecessary. Speaking to journalists shortly after touring Uganda’s main isolation center in Mulago on Monday, Tedros …