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The testing of the Ebola vaccine will be ready to launch as the Ministry of Health has given it a green light. This happened after Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the Health Minister, commissioned a clinical team of seven to start trials. The team came from the Makerere University Lung Institute and will start the trials of the drug that shipped ...

President Museveni has assured tourists that Uganda is still a very safe place for them to come and visit. Museveni said this while addressing the nation on the current Ebola situation. Apparently, a number of tourists have cancelled their trips to Uganda due to the fact that Ebola is on the rise. However, the president says, tourists have nothing to ...

Medical interns have announced a sit-down strike that kicks off today contrary to their previous announcement that it would start on Sunday 6th. The announcement of the strike came on Thursday last week. The interns were asking the government to increase their salaries amongst other issues. The medical interns including doctors, pharmacists, nurses and intern midwives claim they have gone ...

The Government will revise the ban President Museveni had imposed on boda boda riders in Mubende and Kasanda districts due to the Ebola outbreak. This is to enable candidates there to have means of transport to get to schools in time for their final level exams. This ban caused physical paralysis on the first day of the exams which started ...

Hon Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, The Minister of Health has asked two of the first Ebola survivors to become ambassadors of prevention. These two survivors recovered from Mubende hospital. She asked them to preach about the signs and symptoms of the disease in their community. Hon Aceng’s message got delivered yesterday at the official discharge of the patients who survived ...