Tag Archives: Gulu

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu District Local Government leaders have decried the narrow local revenue that is affecting service delivery following the start of the new financial year 2021/2022. After Gulu municipality attained a city status on July 1st 2020, Gulu District Local Government shifted its base to Awach …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University has said that they are ready to conduct clinical trials for Covilyce-1, a herbal medicine. A clinical trial is a stage where experiments are conducted to obtain sufficient evidence that a drug can be considered effective as a medical treatment. Three weeks ago, …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some families in Acholi are still hopeful they will see their loved ones who are still missing from the two-decade-long armed conflict in Northern Uganda 15 years ago. Between 1986 and 2006, it is estimated that the LRA rebels led by Joseph Kony abducted …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu city market vendors have raised concern about the inadequate mosquito nets that were distributed. Over the weekend, the Ministry of Health distributed only 400 mosquito nets to the more than 4,000 vendors within the different markets in Gulu city. The distribution of the mosquito …

Gulu district Covid-19 taskforce is seeking money to do mass sensitization to improve adherence to standard operating procedures and ensure high vaccine uptake Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district taskforce is hunting for Shillings 314 million to combat the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Key among the interventions lined up …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Covid-19 survivors in Gulu are demanding discharge certificates to enable them to counter segregation by the local communities. The survivors who underwent home-based care management and later tested negative for the virus say they continue facing segregation, rejection and isolation from the communities. Santos Comboni …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district local government has opened investigations into projects under the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF III). The NUSAF intervention is aimed at fighting poverty using a combination of four factors of building the infrastructures, income-generating activities, conflict management and institutional development. From 2016 …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Market vendors in Gulu City have ignored the presidential directive of sleeping in the markets. Last month, President Museveni directed that market vendors should sleep within the markets to reduce travel to contain the transmission of COVID-19. The vendors, especially women argue that the …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament from the Acholi sub region have asked the government to increase funding to St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Gulu. The call follows the overwhelming demand for health care services at the Hospital with the rising number of Covid-19 cases. The hospital has …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Gulu city are on spot for stigmatizing COVID-19 patients undergoing home-based care treatment. The latest report from Gulu District Health Office indicates that a total of 419 COVID-19 patients are undergoing home-based care, while 37 and 14 are in severer condition at St. …