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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs, Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, has criticized the Ministry of Health for failing to declare an outbreak of Cholera in Amuru district despite rising deaths and infections. Speaking on Wednesday at the launch of …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has launched the construction of its first climate-resilient and gender responsive cross-border market at Elegu Town Council in Amuru district, a strategic border point between Uganda and South Sudan. The 41 billion shillings’ construction project implemented by TradeMark Africa with funding from …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru District Taskforce has unveiled a 913.2 million shillings cholera response budget as the district grapples with an outbreak of the disease that has so far claimed five lives and infected over 200 people since early this month. The draft budget was presented on …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Amuru district have expressed concerns over the continued silence of the Health Ministry regarding a cholera outbreak in Elegu Town Council, located at the Uganda-South Sudan border. They say the lack of communication is undermining emergency response efforts. Since the acute diarrheal …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Amuru district have issued directives for the immediate closure of all unhygienic facilities at Elegu Town Council at the Uganda-South Sudan border point amidst a surge in cases of cholera. Health officials over the weekend revealed the cumulative cholera cases (suspected, probable, and …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health authorities have confirmed an outbreak of cholera in Elegu Town Council, in Amuru district, after 14 suspected samples tested at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital Laboratory turned positive. The samples were referred last week after 14 people, including a four-year-old child, presented with acute …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 14 people are hospitalized following a suspected outbreak of cholera in Elegu Town Council in Amuru district, a busy border point between Uganda and South Sudan. Milton Okello, the district Surveillance Focal Point person, said the suspected cases were detected on July …

  Elegu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health authorities in Amuru district are on high alert following an outbreak of cholera disease in the neighboring Nimule Township in South Sudan that has claimed the lives of three people. , Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by eating or drinking food …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pupils of Olwal Mucaja Primary School in Guru Guru Sub-county, Amuru district on Thursday marked the World Environment Day with a powerful school debate aimed at raising awareness about the dangers of plastic pollution. The debate held under the theme “This house believes that …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Madhvani Group of Companies, through the Amuru Sugar Works Ltd has finally signed a lease agreement to kick start the establishment of a sugar processing plant in Amuru district. The 49 years lease was signed with the Uganda Lands Commission last week for 8,600 hectares …