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“Prevention is Better Than Cure, Get Vaccinated’ – Mukono Assistant Health District Officer Urges Ugandans

Mukono; Ugandans should go and get the COVID-19 Vaccine and focus on prevention rather than hoping for a cure for the dreaded disease that is ravaging other parts of the world. The Assistant District Health Officer of Mukono District, Dr. Isaac Ddumba today urged Ugandans to embrace the COVID-19 vaccination exercise and not to relax their […]

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Emirates Skycargo becomes first Air Cargo carrier to deliver 50 Million Doses of Covid-19 vaccines to more than 50 destinations

Dubai, UAE; In the run up to World Health Day (7 April), Emirates SkyCargo has become the first airline cargo carrier in the world to have transported more than 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on its flights. The carrier has also transported more than 100 tonnes of syringes across the world to support the […]

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COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped by the COVAX Facility head to Ghana, marking beginning of global roll-out

Beginning of global rollout means that, as readiness criteria are met and doses produced, vaccines will be shipped to Facility participants on a rolling basis Geneva/New York/Oslo – Today, Ghana became the first country outside India to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped via the COVAX Facility. This is a historic step towards our goal to ensure […]

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Building trust in vaccines, addressing the youth mental health crisis, and bridging the digital divide among key opportunities for the world’s children post-pandemic – UNICEF

New York: Renewing global confidence in vaccines, addressing challenges to youth mental health and wellbeing, fighting discrimination, tackling climate change, and bridging the digital divide are the biggest opportunities for children that the COVID-19 pandemic has presented the international community, UNICEF’s Executive Director Henrietta Fore said in her annual open letter today. In the letter, released […]

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Uganda’s Brewers donate Medical Equipment to Boost Mulago Intensive Care Unit

Kampala: In response to the Government of Uganda’s request for the private sector to support in the fight against COVID 19, Uganda Breweries Limited in partnership with Nile Breweries Limited have contributed UGX 60 Million worth of medical equipment for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Mulago National Referral Hospital. The contribution that was handed over to […]

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Dubai forms Vaccine Logistics Alliance to expedite global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines through the emirate to developing countries

Dubai, UAE, – Under the directives of Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai today launched the Vaccine Logistics Alliance to speed up distribution of COVID-19 vaccines around the world through the emirate. In support of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) COVAX […]

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Public Warned: STOP signing Registration Books at events Or Business Premises

The Kampala Industrial and Business Park (KIBP) COVID-19 Task Force has issued an advisory for factories and businesses to stop the use of registration books at their premises as this exposes more people to contracting COVID-19. The advisory accompanies a Ministry of Health Public Notice prohibiting Ugandans from signing condolence books at funeral services. The KIBP […]

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Deputy PM Kirunda Kivejinja Dies at 85

The Second Deputy Prime Minister, Rt Hon Ali Kirunda Kivejinja has breathed his last on Saturday. The Veteran politician has been hospitalised at Mulago Hospital for a month. The veteran politician has died of COVID-19 complications. His death comes a day after another politician and legislator and Kyotera Woman MP Robinah Ssentongo died of the […]