Health

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential flag bearer Rtd Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye has revealed that he is in self isolation. In a tweet, in which he bid farewell to Al Hajj Nasser Ssebagala who died last month, he apologized for not attending …

WASHINGTON, USA | XINHUA |   The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines available should go to workers on the frontlines, according to a report released Friday amid the ethical debate over who should get vaccinated first. The report, commissioned by the U.S. government and published by the non-profit National Academies of …

Bugweri, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Business grounded to a halt at Bugweri district headquarters on Friday after one of the staff attached to the office of the Chief Administrative Officer-CAO tested positive for Covid19.  The affected staff is the wife of a health worker in Iganga who tested positive …

Masaka, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Masaka District Security Committee has clamped down on the operations of Superlife international, a herbal products distribution firm for allegedly fleecing members of the public their hard-earned cash and violating Covid19 preventive guidelines. The firm, which uses network marketing had set up a branch …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The Ministry of Health has said COVID-19 patients considering home care must have separate rooms, where they can be isolated from other members of the house hold. The guidelines issued by the health ministry will apply to asymptomatic patients or cases that have mild …

Kapchorwa, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Health Workers designated to Manage COVID-19 cases at Kapchorwa General Hospital have worked for five months without pay.  The health workers who include the nurses, doctors, cleaners and the burial teams last received their allowances in April and since then, the authorities have promised …

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Kitgum District health department has run out of personal protective equipment- PPE to aid health workers in the collection of samples from suspected COVID-19 patients. Simon Knox Okongo, the District Surveillance Focal Point Person revealed during a task force meeting on Friday that lack …

Washington, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | President Donald Trump who tested positive for COVID-19 and has some symptoms according to his medical team, is right now being taken to Walter Reed Military Medical Center as a ‘precautionary measure’. Trump is reportedly fatigued, and is being flown out from the White House. …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health has started upgrading Kira Health Centre III to a Health Centre IV.  Once the upgrade is completed, the facility will become the biggest health facility in the area. For more than two years, district leaders have been demanding for the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Preliminary results of an investigation launched by the health ministry show that majority of health workers that have been infected with COVID were exposed to the disease from within communities. Up to 530 health workers have been infected with COVID-19, six of them succumbing …