Tag Archives: National Drug Authority

Assorted medicines valued at about shs104m has been confiscated by the National Drug Authority. While at this, they closed nine pharmacies for carrying out illegal operations. This all went down during a 14-day compliance enforcement exercise in the eastern region of Uganda. The districts affected include Pallisa, Budada, Tororo, Mbale, kapchorwa, Malaba and Tororo. During this operation, 15 people were ...

Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu, the Archbishop of Church of Ugandan has expressed concern over the young generation’s rate of drug and alcohol abuse. He made the remarks during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to implement a drug abuse prevention programme. This will take place in the Church of Uganda(COU) founded secondary schools. “The ultimate objective of this ...

National Drug Authority has ordered all private pharmacies located in government premises to vacate immediately. In a letter dated February 8, 2022, President Museveni directed the closure of all private pharmacies operating inside government hospitals. Subsequently, the Minister for Health has directed NDA to implement the said directive. Accordingly, NDA requested the pharmacists in charge of the affected pharmacies to ...

Democratic Party, DP has said that it is illegal to deny unvaccinated people access to public places. Apparently, there is no legal framework to back this move. Luyimbazi Nalukoola, DP national legal advisor said that if government intends to use this strategy to encourage people to take up vaccination, then they should seek to back it up with the law. ...

National Drug Authority has authorized another Herbal Drug, Vidicine, to help in the treatment of Covid. Vidicine was unveiled in Mbarara City by pharmacogist Edward Kazire, the proprietor of Kazire Health Products. “A year ago, our research team embarked on a huge project aimed at finding out a complementary treatment for Covid-19. This was in response to the pandemic that ...