Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has launched a new capacity building app to acquaint health workers across the country with latest information on Covid-19. Kenneth Nyehoora Mugumya, the Regional Engagement Director Community Health Academy at Last Mile Health who is the consultants that partnered with the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is worried about COVID-19 alert cases whose contacts or source of infection are yet to be traced. According to data from the health ministry, 3,726 alert cases accounting for 35 percent of the total number of cases have been recorded. However …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unyama National Teachers’ College in Gulu district has declined to accommodate breastfeeding students following the resumption of studies for finalists. Government allowed schools to reopen for final year students following the nationwide lockdown that started in March this year. Government asked schools to allow in …
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Kibuuka showcases maturity and confidence ARTS | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Trends are created when people follow what is popular at the time. Presently there is a trend among contemporary artists to create art that responds to the Covid-19 pandemic. It, therefore, is not surprising that Cliff Kibuuka’s recent exhibition titled …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has run out of the sample collection swabs for the novel Coronavirus testing. Apparently, the hospital has been sending people in need of COVID19 testing to St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor or International Medical Centre among others since Monday. The nasopharyngeal swab …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan Medical Experts have cautioned against the consideration of herd immunity as an option for curbing COVID-19. Similar to an argument by the World Health Organisation, they argue that the strategy is scientifically problematic. Herd immunity occurs when a large portion of a community (the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health (MOH) has started training health workers on risk communication and surveillance owing to general complacency on wearing masks and other Standard Operating Procedures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The group of over 200 people from 72 districts of East and …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four districts in West Nile region are grappling with the rising cases of teenage pregnancies as families continue battling the effects of the lockdown. Most of the affected girls are school-going children ranging between 14 to 18 years of age living with a single parent …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Institutes for Health (NIH) has embarked on a new phase III study where they are testing the effectiveness of three drugs that help to activate, boost, or restore normal immune function after the virus has damaged the immune system. These drugs are also …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization is advising governments and people everywhere not to let their guard down, for the benefit of those hospitalized, or working on the front line of the battle to end the COVID-19 pandemic, as COVID-19 cases continue to accelerate. “I know there’s …
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