Ministry Of Health Archives - Page 5 of 19

State House Raid Labour Firm, Al-Saud, For Selling Fake Covid-19 Vaccination Cards at Shs.150000

State House Health Monitoring Unit has arrested officials belonging to Al- Saud, a labour exporting company who were found selling fake Covid vaccination cards, Interpol certificates, passports and other travel documents. Dr Warren Namara who heads the Unit said in a statement,

November 6, 2021

Health

Passengers Excited As Gov’t Starts ‘Swab And Go’ at Entebbe Airport

Aviation passengers at Entebbe International Airport have welcomed an adjustment that now allows all arriving passengers to leave the airport as soon as they are tested for COVID-19. Uganda commenced mandatory COVID-19 testing for all arriving passengers last Wednesday, a process that

November 6, 2021

Health

Positive Initiative: Nile Breweries Boots Country Wide COVID Vaccination Efforts

Nile Breweries Ltd on Nov.04, launched a simultaneous COVID-19 vaccination drive to support the Ministry of Health by setting up walk-in vaccination centres at 20 of its distribution sites across the country. The launch was flagged off at Kasanga in Kampala at

November 5, 2021

Education

Victoria University Continues With Free Vaccination Of Staff, Students & General Public As Full Reopening Knocks Door

Victoria University Kampala, Uganda’s world-class transformational institution of higher learning has embarked on a free covid-19 vaccination exercise to staff, students and the general public as the date for reopening universities and other tertiary institutions edges closer. According to Victoria University, the

October 29, 2021

Business

Ugandan Gov’t Already Minting Billions From Marijuana After ‘Secretly’ Permitting Some Companies To Carry Business

According to our sources, Uganda last week exported about 400 kilograms of medical marijuana to Germany which is actually reported to be the fourth delivery since the government `secretly‘ permitted a few companies to carry the business in the among hundreds that

October 26, 2021

Health

Mandatory Testing At Entebbe Airport Set To Start

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has launched the commencement of $30 per person mandatory testing by government for COVID-19 for all incoming passengers at Entebbe International Airport. Since May, private laboratories have been testing un-vaccinated passengers from ten high risk countries such as

October 25, 2021

Health

Mulago Records High Number Of Pregnant Women With Rare Heart Complication

Pregnant women are increasingly reporting a rare form of heart complication during the last months of pregnancy and up to five months after pregnancy. Scientifically named peripartum cardiomyopathy, doctors at Mulago National Referral Hospital and the Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) have said

October 23, 2021

Health

Breast Cancer In Ugandan Men 7 Times Higher Than World Average

While women are encouraged to always check their breasts to look out for any possible swellings five to ten days every after their monthly periods, experts at the Uganda Cancer Institute say men should do the same at any time during the

October 23, 2021

Crime·Health

Jinja Hospital Pharmacist, Six Others Arrested Over Stolen Government Supplies

Police in Kiira region on Thursday arrested the Jinja regional referral hospital internal pharmacist, Ambrose Kamugisha, alongside six others for allegedly selling government labelled supplies. The suspects are being detained at Nalufenya police station awaiting prosecution. The suspects were arrested following a

October 22, 2021

Health

Go & Vaccinate! Uganda Receives Second Batch of COVID-19 Vaccines Donated By China

Uganda on Tuesday received a second batch of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Chinese government. Margaret Muhanga, the minister of state for primary health care, received the vaccines at the National Medical Stores in Entebbe, 40 km south of the capital

October 19, 2021

Ministry Of Health - Page 5