Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) has appealed to the Budget Committee to reinstate a Shs10 billion allocation for Emergency Medical Services and Disease outbreak response. In the Financial Year 2019/2020, government committed a budgetary allocation of Shs10 billion to support the Emergency Medical Services …
Read More »Uganda Red Cross Society wants government to fund a bigger part of its budget
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Red Cross Secretary General Robert Kwesiga, and a section of Members of Parliament have urged the government to increase its funding to enable it fund its annual budget, but also deal with the ever disasters that hit the country. “With good funding it is …
Read More »Uganda Red Cross Society unveils a 5-year strategic plan
Kampala, Uganda | Isaac Khisa | The national society will focus on financial and institutional sustainability, system coordination and service delivery Leading humanitarian organization, Uganda Red Cross Society, has unveiled a new five-year strategic plan 2021-2025 with key focus on financial and institutional sustainability, system coordination and service delivery. The plan is …
Read More »Red Cross withdraws services from Kisoro borders
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Red Cross Society has withdrawn its services at Uganda-Rwanda and Democratic of Congo borders in Kisoro district. The Uganda Red Cross Society has been providing services like screening Ebola and COVID-19 to all people entering Uganda at various borders that include; Chanika, Bunagana, Kanombe …
Read More »Government starts disinfecting trucks entering Uganda
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has begun disinfecting all trucks that are entering the country as part of the country’s measures to forestall the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The disinfection process carried out by officials from the Uganda Red Cross begun today at the Bunagana border which …
Read More »Minister explains closure of Ebola screening points
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng says manning border screening points was becoming very expensive in the wake of security threats. The Minister was responding to concerns about the closure of several screening points at Uganda- DR Congo border, amidst an on-going Ebola virus …
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