Health

The surge in the number of Covid-19 patients at Entebbe Referral Hospital has caused it’s closure according to Dr. Moses Muwanga, the hospital Director. ‘’To create space, we decided to close the in-patient services in order to handle referrals from all other hospitals. All other outpatient services like OPD, chronic care, and screening of Covid-19 patients among others will continue,’’ ...

It has been 40 years since Doctors detected the first cases of AIDS and on Thursday, the United Nations said the virus can be defeated.The UNAIDS agency said at least 40 countries were on track to achieve a 90% drop in AIDS-related mortality by 2030. This includes nine countries in eastern and southern Africa.A report released by the Joint UN ...

Two senior medical laboratory officers were found guilty of negligence following the death of a patient at Nanyuki hospital in Kenya. Ms. Halima Hassan, 58, died on Monday as the medical staff held a birthday party for one of their colleagues.Halima’s husband together with their children rushed the patient to the hospital only for the medics to lock themselves in ...

The former Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has come out to warn the parliament to observe the Ministry of health covid-19 SOPs or else the house becomes a hub of covid 19 cases. She warned that the high number of people who interact there on a daily basis is very high. The newly sworn-in Woman MP of Lira ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has requested that Africa receives 20 million vaccine doses for covid-19. This is to ensure that those who received their first dose also get the second dosage as the cases have drastically risen by 13% In the past three weeks, cases of the coronavirus have been decreasing steadily in Africa, however, there are reports of ...