The Ministry of Health has confirmed that three more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Uganda. The disease is caused by Coronavirus. In the a statement, The Ministry said 3 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed today, Sunday 29 March 2020. Total number of confirmed cases now stands at 33 in Uganda. Out of 206 […]
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The Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has received Huawei telemedicine solutions to assist in the fight against COVID-19 in Uganda. This happened at the installation and demonstration exercise that happened at the Ministry of Health headquarters in Wandegeya. The telemedicine solution is aimed at enabling real-time communication and interactive content sharing without much risk […]
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The Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary (PS) Dr. Diana Atwine has revealed that the 104 people who were tested yesterday were found negative and free from COVID-19. Dr. Diana said it was a great to them and that gave them relief to sleep soundly. “What a great relief that of all 104 tested people today […]
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Ministry of Health together with partners launched the National Scale Up of Medical Oxygen Implementation Plan (2018-2022) The plan is the first policy of its kind to coordinate oxygen stakeholders and provide long term guidance for scaling up oxygen access in Uganda. Launching the plan, Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwine said “the plan is a […]
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Preliminary results from the just concluded National Measles-Rubella and Polio immunisation campaign indicate that 18,770,706 children (105.2%) have been vaccinated against Measles and Rubella while 7,329,635 million (86.2%) children were vaccinated against Polio. Parents are encouraged to visit the health facilities within their respective districts to enable their children access the MR and Polio vaccines. […]
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The Minister of Health Hon. Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng and her ministry have today launched HIV self test kit. The minister said the kit will ease access to individual HIV results any time, anywhere, alone or with any one you may be comfortable with. The kits will be available for free in government health facilities […]
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Uganda was recognized for her contribution to the growth of Palliative care and access to controlled medicines in Africa at the African Palliative Care conference in Kigali, Rwanda. Uganda’s contribution was achieved through the following; ????1st country in Africa to allow trained nurses and clinical officers to become oral morphine prescribers for palliative care ????With […]
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On Monday last week, it marked another critical milestone for Uganda as we launched the National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) 2019-2023. The launch of the National Action Plan for Health Security demonstrates our global leadership in prevention, detection and response to health emergencies. Uganda has made significant progress over the past 10 years […]
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The government of Uganda through the Ministry of Health embarked on the construction of 124 new Health Centers III (HCIIIs) to cover all 1403 sub-counties across the country. In addition, more than 103 hospitals are under renovation and upgrading. The renovation of all the 14 referral hospitals across the country is also ongoing. This conforms […]
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New doses to vaccinate more than 18 million children against Measles and Rubella in September 2019 Kampala: Over 20 million doses of Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccine have arrived in Uganda. The vaccines, procured by UNICEF with financial support from Gavi, will protect more than 18 million children aged 9 months to 14 years against Measles and Rubella […]
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