A good number of malaria patients in Uganda are facing wrong diagnoses and are consequently experiencing treatment failure. Experts attribute this mainly to the mutation of the malaria parasite making it drug-resistant. The warning comes amidst a continued upsurge in malaria cases across various districts in the country. There is a daily average of 37,600 cases which has resulted in ...
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There is an ongoing flu and cough in town recently that has caused fear among citizens. The ministry of health had already warned Ugandans that the cases of Covid-19 are rising. There is fear that we may be getting into another wave but few people are taking precautions as they should. However, Dr. Ruth Aceng, the Minister of Health said ...
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The Belgian Development Agency, Enabel, donated three state-of-the-art ambulances to the Ministry of health. The agency did this through its Enabling Health in Acholi (EHA) project together with funding from USAID. All three ambulances cost a whooping Shs 780m and will transport acutely ill and injured patients. Those in luck are people around the community and lower health facilities. They ...
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Opposition figure Bobi Wine has cultivated a stature for himself as a politician who is bent on capturing State power from President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. It’s what he has centered all his themes as he believes that deposing Museveni will open up ways on how to solve the other crises. Bobi Wine has now gone ahead from directing his attacks ...
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The MOH Senior Public Relations officer Emmanuel Ainebyona has revealed that disciplinary action will be taken against an ambulance driver. A random citizen spotted the Rukunjiri ambulance driver in a picture loading pineapples in the vehicle’s cabin. The MOH released a statement on Thursday evening saying a photograph making rounds on social media drew their attention. This photograph shows a ...
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