Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Medical Stores has began training health workers across the country ahead of a planned national rollout of the new NMS Plus Platform, an initiative which will be used to enhance transparency in procurement and delivery of medicines. The NMS plus initiative that starts …
Read More »COVID-19: Kyambogo VC asks Govt to re-open Namboole
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Vice Chancellor of Kyambogo University has appealed to the Government to reopen the COVID-19 management facility at Mandela National stadium Namboole for isolation and management of students who test positive. Addressing the media about the COVID-19 situation in Kyambogo University on Monday, …
Read More »Government installs first CT Machine in Northern Uganda
Oyam, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government through the Ministry of Health has installed the first Computed Tomography (CT) scan machine in Northern Uganda at St. John XXIII hospital Aber in Oyam District valued at Shillings 1.3 Billion. The CT machine will serve the people of Lango, Acholi, Teso …
Read More »COVID-19: Namibia’s hospitals full
Windhoek, Namibia | XINHUA | Namibia’s hospitals are full to capacity, the health ministry said on Saturday as the southern African nation battles a surge in COVID-19 cases. “The numbers of new cases are progressively increasing on a daily basis especially in Windhoek residential areas,” a statement from the ministry …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Stay in the village, avoid Kampala and Wakiso
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged Ugandans who do not have ‘urgent issues’ that require them to travel to Kampala, to stay away from the country’s capital and the neighbouring Wakiso district for a while. He made the appeal in his televised national address …
Read More »LIVE: Museveni address on new measures to contain COVID-19
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni is expected to outline new measures to contain what is said to be a second COVID-19 wave that has hit the country. His address come days after the Ministry of Health sent out an alert warning of increasing admissions, deaths and …
Read More »COVID-19 second wave hits
CORONAVIRUS 2ND WAVE: How will Uganda cope without vaccines? THE INDEPENDENT | RONALD MUSOKE | The let-up in COVID-19 infections at the beginning of this year could have made many Ugandans think that they had finally won the battle against the disease. This was mainly because of the low number …
Read More »COVID-19: Uganda on alert after rise in health worker infections
MOH cautions health workers on second wave COVID-19 infections in hospitals Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has asked health workers to take extra precaution to avoid getting infected with COVID-19. The warning comes as many health worker infections have been recorded during the second wave. The …
Read More »Highlights of the 2016-2021 NRM Manifesto achievements
NRM MANIFESTO WEEK | Agriculture sector – Agriculture is one of the major drivers of Uganda’s economic growth with over 64% of the population employed in the sector and with Agriculture-based products accounting for about 43% of exports in FY 2019/20. The Agriculture sector registered improved growth rates from 2.8% …
Read More »Coffee or not?
Heart symptoms may influence your response | THE INDEPENDENT | The unmistakable taste and smell of coffee — not to mention its ability to perk people up in the morning — have made it one of the world’s most popular beverages. Better still, observational studies indicate that coffee may protect …
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