By Goodluck Musinguzi Uganda’s Ministry of Health is set to receive its first consignment of almost 200,000 dozes of the Johnson & Johnson Covid19 vaccines at 10:30 pm at Entebbe Airport. It’s the first time, Uganda receives vaccines bought with its own money under Africa Vaccine Acquisition Trust Mechanism (AVAT) under …
Read More »Busiro County Donates 9,310 Units Of Blood To Uganda Red Cross
BY JOHNISANI OCAKACON WAKISO: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 05, 2021 Busiro county in Wakiso district has donated 9,310 units of blood in the ongoing blood donation exercise in Buganda Kingdom. Last month, the Kabaka’s Foundation and the Uganda Red cross launched a competition of blood donation in the Counties of Buganda Kingdom …
Read More »OPINION:THE RETURN OF THE PRIMITIVE: THE CASE OF SSEWANYANA, SSEGIRINYA
The return of the primitive: the case of Sewanyana, Segirinya, and company By Jonah Ruhima In the 1960s and early 70s, the most prominent, vocal cultural movement was the New Left a movement that condemned America and everything it stood for. While its representatives faced some political opposition, they faced …
Read More »KCCA, CDC Cement Five-Year Partnership To Improve Urban Healthcare
BY JOHNISANI OCAKACON KAMPALA: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 01, 2021 The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have cemented a partnership to improve urban health services in the Ugandan Capital. On Thursday, the Ambassador Natalie Brown, the US envoy to Uganda visited …
Read More »How Unsafe Abortions Undermine Maternal Healthcare in Uganda
Illustration by Gideon Artpro By Kigezi News Agency Team On September 3, 2021, Kasese district was plunged into shock when a young lady, Brenda Biira, died after a self-induced abortion went awry. Biira was formerly married but then separated from herooo first husband following a misunderstanding. Eventually, she fell in …
Read More »UGANDA POLICE HEALTH OFFICERS TO BE PROMOTED FOR FIGHTING COVID19
By Goodluck Musinguzi Medical Officers under the Uganda Police Health Services are a step away from being promoted after serving well in the challenging times of Covid9 pandemic. J. M Okoth Ochola, Uganda’s Inspector General of Police announced while addressing the Police Health Services Annual General Meeting in Kampala. “The …
Read More »URA REACHES OUT IN CENTRAL UGANDA, KISWA HEALTH CENTER GETS NEW TENT AND PLASTIC CHAIRS
By Goodluck Musinguzi Uganda Revenue Staff has visited several hospitals and health centers in Central Uganda sharing some goodies with the sick and improving the general cleanliness of the facilities. At Kiswa Health Center based in Nakawa Division, The Tax Investigation Team collected resources and furnished the waiting yard at …
Read More »UGANDA REVENUE AUTHORITY STAFF CHEER UP THE SICK IN HEALTH CENTERS AND HOMES SUPPORTING THE NEEDY ACROSS UGANDA
By Goodluck Musinguzi “But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish.” Psalm 9:18 “He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.” Proverbs 14:31 Over 2800 Staff of the Uganda Revenue …
Read More »Health Monitoring Unit Raises Red Flag Over Fake Covid-19 Vaccination Cards
BY GODFREY OLUKYA KAMPALA: THURSDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 2021 The State House Health Monitoring Unit has chastised a labour export company named Al-Saud for allegedly ripping off unsuspecting Ugandans by selling fake Covid-19 vaccination cards. According to a statement from the Unit’s executive director Dr Warren Namara, the Salama road based …
Read More »PRESIDENT MUSEVENI APPLAUDS MEDICS FOR SAVING LIVES AMIDST CORONA VIRUS.
BY INNOCENT ATUGANYIRA KAMPALA: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 22, 2021 HE Yoweri Kaguta Museveni the President of Republic of Uganda has Wednesday evening applauded the health workers for saving lives of Ugandans amidst the hardships of corona virus which has hit hard the health system. The head of state while delivering the …
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