By Jordan Tumwesigye In October 2019, media, both mainstream and social, was awash with reports of how a leading hospital had detained four mothers over unpaid medical bills ranging from between Shs200,000 and 800,000. This was not the first time.…
Government, through Ministry of health, has embarked on infrastructure advancement, a move that the ministry Permanent Secretary Dr Diana Atwiine said is ‘Transformation geared towards attaining real value for money.’ Health infrastructure includes; Buildings (civil works) – both medical &…
The recent speech and address by H.E The President of the Republic of Uganda to the team of UN experts on COVID-19 vaccine access inequalities, raises fundamental global issues that should be addressed by not only UN but also Western countries and the…
Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) chairman Everest Kayondo has today succumbed to the deadly Covid-19 as Uganda battles the second wave of the pandemic. Kayondo died at Lifeline International Hospital in Zana, Kampala where he had been admitted with Covid-19…
Equity Bank Uganda Limited recently donated 2,000 mosquito nets worth UGX 40 million in partnership with Kampala Capital City Authority for market vendors. As per President Yoweri Museveni’s directive, market vendors all over the country will remain at their places…
Moving outside home without a mask is criminal and attracts a two-month prison sentence, so is escaping from a quarantine or isolation facility. This is according to new Ministry health rules included in The Public Health (Control of COVID – 19)…
National Medical Stores has begun training all health workers across the country ahead of the rollout of the new NMS plus platform, an initiative which will be used to enhance transparency in procurement and delivery of medicines across the country.…
Incidences of vaccines getting destroyed due to lack of refrigeration were common at the health Bidibidi health centre III which has been operational since 2016. “Within an average of four hours, a non-refrigerated vaccine becomes ineffective,” Amos Asiku, the facility…
By Dr Emmanuel Mpamizo For the first time in recent history, the world has been brought to a standstill. Schools have been indefinitely closed, restrictions imposed on travel and public transport, businesses have had to close. As if that is…
Every year, Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark World AIDS Day with observers noting that steps be taken to curb new infections on the rise. Although people living with HIV/AIDS can now leave normally like any other…