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The leadership of Kisoro district has been forced to halt plans to launch the third Mass Covid-19 Vaccination campaign targeting communities with refugees following the failure by the Government to deliver vaccines on time. A total of 300,000 vaccines that include Johnson and Johnson (J&J) and Pfizer were meant to have arrived in the district…
The content of the curriculum used to teach students in Uganda’s medical schools is out of touch with the current needs of the country, and experts are worried. Prof. Joel Okullo, the Chairman of the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council that regulates medical practice told scientists attending a symposium organized as part of the…
The Ministries of Education and Health have scrapped plans of vaccinating learners against COVID-19 in school. Over 16 million learners aged 5 to 17 years were supposed to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Previously, the ministries had planned to roll out mass vaccination campaigns in schools between May and June. However, weeks after the campaign was…
At least three passengers were confirmed dead after two buses reportedly collided at Kachumbala in Bukedea district on Wednesday morning. The Gateway bus was on its way from Moroto to Kampala when it had a head-on collision with the Soroti-bound Wonagon Bus. The grisly incident occurred at around midnight. Eyewitnesses said many passengers sustained life-threatening…
Former Kazo Member of Parliament Gordon Bafaki has perished in a night accident on Kampala Northern Bypass, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has confirmed. Bafaki, 48, perished at around 3:00am on Wednesday morning along the Northern bypass in Kampala. “I am saddened to learn of the death of former member of Parliament for…
Two Health workers at Ntara Health Centre IV in Kitagwenda District, are on the verge of being arrested for neglect of duty that led to the death of a patient identified as Tracy Biryomumaisho. Information attained by this website indicates that Biryomumumaiso reported to Ntara Health Centre IV at 11:00Am on March 29th, 2022 with…
Another member of the Ugandan 11th Parliament is currently being treated at a top hospital in Kampala after reportedly collapsing in a meeting. Bugiri District Woman MP Agnes Taaka is said to have fainted during a meeting at Makerere on Wednesday. She would then be rushed to Nakasero Hospital in Kampala for treatment. On June…
The National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) leader Joseph Kizza Kabuleta has warned Ugandans about Ministry of Health’s plot to vaccinate all school going children without their consent. The journalist turned politician made remarks while addressing the media at the political movement’s headquarters in Kampala on Tuesday, June 07, 2022 where he said they got information…
The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has revealed that Uganda is currently experiencing another horrible surge in the daily cases of COVID-19 infections. “We have started experiencing an increase in the daily number of COVID-19 cases compared to the stable trends we observed since January 2022,” says Aceng. She says the increase is…
Members of Parliament on the Public Accounts Committee-PAC have faulted Kawempe National Referral Hospital management for unlawfully reallocating 36.870 million Shillings. The anomaly was confirmed by Dr. Nehemiah Katusiime Arwanire, the Executive Director of the hospital while appearing on Wednesday before the MPs who are scrutinizing queries raised in the Auditor General’s report for the…
