Tag Archives: NDA

National Drug Authority should handle the issue of counterfeit drugs through monitoring systems and the law COMMENT | MICHAEL WOIRA | The Uganda National Drug Authority and the Ministry of Health need to urgently reexamine the systems and processes they use to examine all drugs that are being sold by public …

Hepatitis B Vaccine: Experts say it is tip of huge trade in fake drugs in Uganda Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | More Ugandans are infected with Hepatitis B than HIV, the virus which causes the dreaded AIDS. And both infections are spread the same way – through blood and other …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The proprietor of Safe Script Pharmaceuticals Ltd has sued National Drug Authority (NDA) accusing it of declaring her Hepatitis B vaccinating drug as counterfeit, yet it was inspected and verified by the same officials upon importation. Agnes Nabulwala has filed the case in the Kampala …

THIS WEEK: NDA stops licensing drug shops in Kampala, municipalities Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a Jan.10 press statement, the National Drug Authority (NDA) announced that they will no longer license drug shops in Kampala and other municipalities saying there are pharmacies already sufficiently serving those areas and that …

THIS WEEK: NDA warns against use of Fluconazole Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a Nov.27 circular by Victoria Nambasa, the Director of Product safety at the National Drug Authority (NDA), the public is warned against the use of Fluconazole, a drug used in treatment of specified fungal infections …

  Executive Director Kusemererwa’s troubles raise questions about why NDA’s top job has always been controversial Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | “I talk to you as who?” asked Donna Asiimwe Kusemererwa before denying the Independent an interview appointment.  The Executive Director at National Drug Authority was probably still getting …

Dr. Medard Bitekyerezo, the new Chairman of National Drug Authority (NDA) spoke to The Independent’s Flavia Nassaka about the challenges at NDA and how he plans to tackle them. You are joining an institution whose image is not impressive following the previous corruption scandals and intrigue which has led to …

Controversy as Busoga king is appointed ambassador On Jan.27 when the President appointed a new group of ambassadors, Busoga King Gabula William Nadiope was on the list as ambassador in charge of special duties in the office of the President. This created controversy with discussions centering on the legality of …

Attacks on security installations, poverty, transition politics mark 2016 2016 might easily go down as one of the most challenging years in recent times for President Yoweri Museveni. The year recorded the highest number of attacks on security installations in the west, north, and central and saw growing sympathy for …

By Flavia Nassaka The National Drug Authority (NDA) has a new executive director; Donna Asiimwe Kusemererwa.  A pharmacist and former director at Joint Medical Stores, she appears keenly aware that she must have rebuilding the image of the authority high on her agenda. Two days before she officially reported at …