The Revolving Facility will negotiate improved supply terms for health products using advanced market commitments, including volume guarantees, to drive more affordable access and innovations at greater scale Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | More people in some of the world’s poorest communities will have access to quality health products such as …
Read More »Deputy Speaker calls for accountability in malaria fight
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | “We need to start investigating the impact of funds allocated to fight malaria, because allocating and releasing this money is one thing and appropriately utilising it is another,” the Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has said. He said that he gets concerned when stakeholders in the fight …
Read More »Families battle malaria as cases surge in Luwero district
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 154,493 patients tested positive for malaria in Luwero in the 2020/21 financial year, a report by the District Health Department has revealed. This is out of the 165,999 people who were tested for malaria at various health facilities in the district. The health …
Read More »Vendors in Kampala decry delayed distribution of mosquito nets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors in the different markets of Kampala have decried the delayed distribution of mosquito nets. Last month, President Museveni asked vendors to sleep in the markets to reduce contact with family members as a measure to control the spread of COVID-19. Museveni then directed the …
Read More »Gulu city market vendors raise concern over inadequate mosquito nets
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 …
Read More »440 Soroti market vendors get mosquito nets
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 440 market vendors who accepted to remain sleeping in their stalls in Soroti city have received mosquito nets. The nets were delivered by the ministry of health on Saturday. Robert Adyama Ekaju, the Soroti Resident City Commissioner flagged off the distribution of …
Read More »Mbale central market vendors demand for mosquito nets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors in Mbale central market are yet to receive the mosquito nets promised by the government. Last month, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni asked market vendors to sleep in the markets to reduce contact with family members, as a measure to control the spread of COVID-19. …
Read More »Equity Bank Uganda donates 2,000 mosquito nets worth 40 million for market vendors
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Equity Bank Uganda Limited has donated 2,000 mosquito nets worth Shs 40 million in partnership with Kampala Capital City Authority for market vendors. This follows President Yoweri Museveni’s directive that market vendors all over the country remain at their places of work for the next …
Read More »NMS completes distribution of over 28M mosquito nets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Medical Stores-NMS has completed the distribution of 28.4 million long-lasting insecticide treated mosquito nets across the country. The nets were distributed to 2,051 sub-counties in the 8 months long campaign. In 2019, the Ministry of Health tasked NMS to handle the procurement, storage …
Read More »Ministry of health asked to distribute more effective mosquito nets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government has been asked to pay more attention to scientific evidence in its control and elimination programmes. Speaking at an inaugural lecture on science in malaria control on Tuesday, Dr James Kananura Tibenderana a global malaria expert said while Uganda has programmes that …
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