Tag Archives: Covid-19 Vaccination

By Goodluck Musinguzi Ministry of Health has launched the Covid19 vaccination campaigns in the different sub-regions of Uganda targeting district leaders to further energize them and to pick their feedback on the ongoing vaccination exercise. Dr. Diana Atwine, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health launched the campaign of Greater Kampala in …

BY CHRIS FRANK HOIMA: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 05, 2022 There were long queues at some health facilities in Hoima City as strict regulations for travelers and reopening of schools announced by the government have compelled people to get vaccinated. The police at the beginning of this week announced that all travelers …

BY INNOCENT ATUGANYIRA FORT PORTAL: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2021 Dr Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, the King of Tooro Kingdom has asked his subjects to get vaccinated against the deadly coronavirus. He made the call last week at the official launch of Ekyooto (evening fire) at Mpango (commemoration) of …

BY INNOCENT ATUGANYIRA MASINDI: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2021 Steven Wandera, the President Greater-Masindi Media Practitioners Association (GMEPA) has asked fellow Journalists to get vaccinated against coronavirus. He made the call after getting his first coronavirus vaccine dose at Masindi district general hospital on Wednesday. Wandera explains that the best way …

BY GLADYS LAKARABER  KASLINE KITGUM: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2021 The Northern region tour by Uganda Cranes has impressed many youths to go for vaccination due to mobilization by taskforce team in Kitgum district. The game was organized by the Northern select team and Uganda cranes as a way of talent identification …

BY ALEX AKOL SOROTI: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2021 Journalists in the three districts of Amuria, Moroto and Napak who were in the three day training workshop at Strikers Hotel Soroti, organized by Development Initiative for Northern Uganda (DINU) have been challenged to champion the Covid-19 vaccination campaign so that the …

BY INNOCENT ATUGANYIRA MASINDI: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2021 Following the sensitization done by Masindi district officials towards the fight against the deadly corona virus pandemic, the district is registering a high number of people turning up for the vaccination exercise. People are reporting at Masindi general hospital for vaccination as …

BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2021 The minister of health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, has advised the public to avoid mixing Covid-19 vaccines due to lack of sufficient evidence to back such practice. “When you get vaccinated with one type of vaccine, ensure you complete your dose with …

Open letter to G20 Heads of State and Government We are writing to you on behalf of the millions around the world struggling to survive the COVID-19 pandemic far from home. Some have been forced to flee wars, conflict, persecution and human rights violations. Others are on the move to …

AXEL GALEKU BUIKWE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2021 The Rotary Club of Jinja in partnership with St Francis Health Care Service, a private health centre that that has been elevated to Health Centre IV by ministry of health, has launched a massive polio and Covid-19 vaccination for Njeru Municipality residents in …