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Marie Stopes Uganda Unveils New Flame Condoms To Promote Safe Sex

In a bid to encourage condom use and curb the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), Marie Stopes Uganda has introduced Flame, a new condom brand, to its expanding portfolio of sexual and reproductive health products. The launch, which took place on

February 19, 2025

Health

Oulanyah’s Death:Govt Tasked To Work On 1.3Trillion Stalled Lubowa Specialized Hospital

The Speaker of parliament, Anita Among has directed the Ministers for Health and finance to up the construction of Lubowa specialized hospital and procurement of a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner and report to house in two months. A positron emission tomography

April 7, 2022

Health

Oulanyah Had Cancer, Died Of Multiple Organ Failure-Min.Aceng

The Minister of Health, Hon. Jane Ruth Aceng has revealed that the immediate cause of death of the former Speaker Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah, was multiple organ failure. “The heart, lungs, liver and kidney all failed. The liver started failing while he was

April 6, 2022

Health·Politics

Oulanyah Burial Budget Revised To Shs1.2bn After Public Uproar

Government has revised the burial budget for the send-off of the late former Speaker Jacob Oulanyah to shs 1.2 billion after an alarming Shs2.5 billion allocation caused a public outcry over unnecessary expenses and projected cash bonanza. With the body of the

April 1, 2022

Health

Covid-19: Minister Aceng Urges Health Workers Not Cling To The Job Over Salary Arrears

Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has asked health workers who were deployed in COVID-19 treatment units in National and Regional Referral hospitals under the Emergency Response arrangement to leave hospitals even when the government still owes them their pay. Aceng was

March 31, 2022

Health

Covid-19 Patients Forced To Share Wards With Inpatients At Mulago

Kampala, Uganda: Patients with severe COVID-19 referred to Mulago National Referral Hospital are being forced to share wards with other critically ill patients following the closure of the COVID-19 treatment unit. A doctor who spoke to URN on condition of anonymity, says

March 31, 2022

Health

Family Of Deceased Speaker To Receive Monthly Allowances

As the nation is still struggling to comprehend the demise of the former Speaker Jacob Oulanyah who passed on last week in Seattle, United States of America where he was hospitalised, the Parliamentary Pension’s Amendment (No.2) Act of 2011 stipulates that the

March 29, 2022

Health

COVID-19: Museveni Orders Finance Ministry To Release Over Sh3Bn For Clinical Trials of Ivermectin

President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to release sh3.024 billion to facilitate research on the use of Ivermectin prophylaxis in the treatment of COVID-19 infection. Last year, the President tasked the Uganda People’s Defense Forces

March 22, 2022

Health

Rwanda Ends Temperature Screening In COVID Fight

Temperature screening at public place entrances in Rwanda is no longer required, and is not considered as one of the ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health said Thursday. The directive came as infection rate continues to fall.

March 22, 2022

Health

‘My Beloved Son Was Poisoned’- Oulanyah’s Father

The father of the deceased Speaker Jacob Oulanyah, Nathan Okori has said his son did not die of natural causes and that he was poisoned. He has however quickly asked that his death is not politicised. Okori was quoted telling a handful

March 21, 2022

Health·News

PROFILE: Who Exactly Was Jacob Oulanyah, The Man Who Beat Kadaga To Become Uganda’s 11th Speaker Of Parliament

The Speaker of Parliament of Uganda, Rt.Hon Jacob Oulanya has died, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has confirmed. General Museveni announced in a tweet that on Sunday morning he got news about Oulanyah’s death at 10.30am. “Countrymen and Countrywomen. It is with a

March 20, 2022

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