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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health has asked health workers to avoid vaccine wastage during the on-going COVID-19 vaccination campaign.    The World Health Organization defines vaccine wastage as the sum of vaccines discarded, lost, damaged, or destroyed during transportation of vaccines or poor storage of vaccines. …

📌 The list of self-reported side affects includes ✳ Crying (43 cases) ✳ Flatulence (89) ✳ Eye Color change (3) ✳ Altered time perception (2) ✳ Electric Shock (2) ✳ Day dreaming (4) ✳ Anger (10) ✳ Tooth discoloration (1) ✳ Thirst (402 cases) Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Because …

Amudat, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A group of former Karimojong women surgeons in Amudat and Moroto districts have cried out to the government demanding income-generating projects. Some of the reformed Female Genital Mutilation-FGM surgeons said life is becoming harder, unlike those days when they used to perform the practice. Grace …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  36-year-old Asher Namatovu suddenly gets her bones broken with every small fall, hit or even when she misses a step.  She got her first fracture at the age of six and has had countless fractures ever since. The latest was her hardest hit episode when …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  At least 50 Health workers in Arua City took the COVID-19 jab on day one of the exercise. The COVID-19 vaccination exercise, which was officially launched on Monday afternoon at the cancer ward in Arua Regional Referral Hospital targeted heads of departments.   Uncertainty about the …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Mbale and Manafwa district officials are finding it hard to convince health workers about the safety of the AstraZeneca vaccine. During the launch of the exercise on Tuesday at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital and Bubulo Health Center IV respectively, district officials found it hard to …

Mbale, Manafwa officials struggle to convince health workers on safety of COVID-19 vaccine Mbale, Uganda | AYUBU KIRINYA – URN | Mbale and Manafwa district officials are finding difficulty convincing health workers about the safety of the AstraZeneca vaccine. During the launch of the exercise on Tuesday at Mbale Regional …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health has launched a survey to establish how widespread COVID-19 infections are in the country. The survey will determine how many people might have been infected with the disease in the past year. The survey comes at a time when the country …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A change in environmental condition from the current dry season to the rainy season will most likely see a sharp rise in cases of covid-19 in the country, a Health Expert at the Health Ministry has predicted. Uganda has recorded a decline in Covid-19 cases …

Rukungiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A section of health practitioners in Rukungiri district under their umbrella body Uganda nurses and mid- wives union (UNMU) want the president of Uganda Yoweri Museveni vaccinated against Covid -19 using AstraZeneca vaccine. In an interview with URN, the health practitioners said that the president …