Paris, France | AFP | Some 28.4 million planned surgeries could be cancelled or postponed globally due to the new coronavirus pandemic, according to new research warning that huge backlogs risk “potentially devastating” consequences for patients and health systems. The study, published this week in the British Journal of Surgery, modelled …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has commissioned the first port health laboratory at the Uganda –Tanzania border of Mutukula. Speaking during the launch on Friday, Aceng said the machine can run up to thirty samples per hour. Two machines have been put …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale Municipality residents are up in arms accusing the area COVID-19 Taskforce of politicizing relief food distribution. The task force has so far received 65 tons of relief food from politicians, the business community and other groups to feed locals whose livelihood was disrupted by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda has said corruption in government agencies and departments is undermining the implementation of the NRM 2016-21 manifesto. Speaking today at the launch of the NRM manifesto week at the Office of The President Auditorium, Rugunda said many of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sand miners in Lwera wetland along the Kampala-Masaka highway have halted operations following heavy flooding in the area. The 20-kilometre stretch of the wetland extending from Mpigi to Kalungu districts which also acts at the Lake Victoria catchment area has been heavily degraded by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moses Okiror had surgery for oral cancer at Uganda Cancer Institute-UCI earlier in March this year. He was put on chemotherapy for a month after which doctors discharged him to return home. But he couldn’t because of the ban of public and private means of …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ongoing restrictions to control the spread of coronavirus disease are hitting the seasonal grasshopper business hard. The period between April and June is usually received with excitement in the areas of Masaka as hundreds of residents set traps for the grasshoppers in anticipation of substantial …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The management of Adwila Primary School in Lira district has set tough conditions for the District Covid-19 Task Force to utilize the school playground as a parking area for transit truck drivers. It comes after the Lira district Covid-19 Task Force gazetted Adwila Primary School …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mpigi district Covid-19 taskforce has asked government to allow them use the money returned by their area Members of Parliament to buy Personal Protective Equipment-PPEs for health workers and relief food for residents. The Resident District Commissioner who also chairs the District Covid19 Task Force …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Plans by Kisoro district COVID-19 task force to provide accommodation to health officials operating in Covid-19 hot spots have hit a snag due to lack of funds. The areas include Kisoro and St Francis Mutorere hospitals, Uganda-Rwanda border of Chanika, Uganda- Democratic Republic of …