Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | When COVID-19 broke, the world was caught unprepared despite decades of warnings of the threat of global pandemics and years of international planning. The failure to adequately fund and execute these plans has exacted a heavy human and economic price. Uganda has been battling Ebola …
Read More »Uganda among countries not likely to acquire coronavirus from China-Lancet Report
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A study carried out by Lancet shows that Uganda is one of many countries that face the lowest risk of being infected by the coronavirus. The study which was carried out by using data on the volume of air travel departing airports in the infected …
Read More »Ministry of Health advises against travel from countries affected by coronavirus
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is stopping foreign nationals from countries that have registered cases of coronavirus from travelling to Uganda. The decision came after the disease now known as COVID-19 has spread to over 76 countries outside China where the outbreak is believed to have …
Read More »Funding for disease outbreaks to expire next month
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The overwhelming number of disease outbreaks is stretching the budget for health emergencies. This is according to Dr Allan Muruta the Commissioner Public Health Emergencies at the Ministry of Health. Muruta says that a loan worth 15 million dollars which they secured from the …
Read More »Uganda seeks MoU with Congo to formalize collaborations in Ebola response
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There are a number of collaboration issues that need to be ironed out by governments of Uganda and the neighboring DR Congo regarding the involvement of both countries in responding to the outbreak of the Ebola hemorrhagic fever that has been active for more …
Read More »Ebola response funding still a challenge for Uganda – MOH official
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda still has a big challenge to fund Ebola prevention efforts amid an influx of people from the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is according to Dr Allan Muruta, the Commissioner Epidemiology and Surveillance at the Ministry of Health. Dr Muruta observes that more than …
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