Health
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449Uganda records 1727 COVID-19 cases amid raising tension
Uganda has recorded 1727 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours — signaling a 18. 7 % positivity rate. This brings...
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609TRAVEL ADVISORY: Saudi Arabia warns citizens against travel to Uganda
Saudi citizens have been warned against travelling to Uganda amid a rise in the number of cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in...
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813Ibanda Catholic Parish Priest succumbs to COVID-19 as Uganda records single-day highest deaths
Rev. Fr. Boniface Muhumuza of Kagongo Parish Mbarara Archdiocese has sucuumbed to Coronavirus related complications. His death has been confirmed by Mbarara...
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1.3KUganda records highest single-day Covid deaths as Kampala infections soar
Uganda has recorded 1, 735 new COVID-19 cases over the past day, bringing the nationwide count to 60,250, the Ministry of Health...
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184Museveni: Gov’t to employ more doctors
President Yoweri Museveni has tasked the incoming Prime Minister and Health Minister to ensure the absorption of doctors in the health sector....
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Uganda registers 1,247 new COVID-19 cases ahead of Museveni Sunday address
Uganda registered 1,247 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 51, 006 as of Friday, said...
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791Museveni, First Lady Janet receive second COVID-19 vaccination jab
President Yoweri Museveni and the First Lady Janet Kataaha Museveni have taken the second COVID-19 vaccination jab— completing the recommended dose to...
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1.9KDR. EKWARO OBUKU: How to fight COVID-19 where there is no Doctor
KAMPALA — Special message for the Trade Union Elders Forum If you are 50 years & above, please avoid the three C’s:...
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741Museveni to Ugandans: We’re entering a very dangerous phase, avoid Kampala and Wakiso
President Yoweri Museveni has Saturday May 29 addressed the nation on the status of COVID-19 in Uganda after the Ministry of Health...
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478U.S. support to Uganda reduces malaria deaths, infections
KAMPALA – “Let’s be the generation to end malaria,” U.S. Mission in Uganda’s Richard Nelson said at a World Malaria Day commemoration...
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513Africa CDC: Ebola infects 30, kills 15 in DRC
KAMPALA —The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have...
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732DYING IN PAIN: Failed to get x-ray fees, girl with rotting leg seeks help
Her poor parent couldn’t raise the required UGX. 40,000 for medical imaging. As a result, days later, she started rotting and can’t...
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721Museveni woos medical equipment investor to Uganda
ENTEBBE — President Yoweri Museveni has received the Head and CEO of General Electric Health Care Company Ms. Catherine Estrampes who called...
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715Makerere streamlines new healthcare management sciences in teaching program
KAMPALA —The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the urgency to better understand the human immune system and how to unleash its power to...
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657Laboratory Scientists work round-the-clock to ramp up COVID-19 testing
KAMPALA — It is no secret that COVID-19 has tremendously affected laboratory workers and scientists across Uganda. For Kigozi Edgar, the Manager...
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Sudan kicks off second response campaign against polio outbreak
As the world is gearing up for mass vaccination for their populations to slow the global COVID-19 pandemic, Sudan launched a different,...
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1.3KCOVID-19: Handwashing adherence drops by 93% in Kampala hotspots
KAMPALA – As Uganda continues to fight tirelessly to control the spread of COVID-19, results from a field-based survey in Kampala’s informal...
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319Deadly start of 2021 for children in Sahel, Save the Children calls for their protection
MALI – Three deadly attacks in the first week of 2021 mark the danger for children in the Sahel region, as a...
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36.8KMakerere College of Health Sciences clinches 2nd position in Africa, ranks 250 globally
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