HEALTH

Uganda's Health Ministry is worried that infections and fatalities due to COVID-19 are likely to increase due to vaccine hesitancy in the population and more especially the frontline health workers....

A total of 168 people suffered rare blood clots after taking the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in Britain, and 32 have died, the UK's medicines regulator said Thursday. The figures for...

The US, South Africa and European Union will temporarily stop the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 jab, after reports of rare blood clotting. It follows similar cases...

The ministry of health has disputed rumors that consumption of alcohol after one has taken a COVID-19 vaccine shot affects the vaccine's efficacy. Minister Aceng made the clarification during a...

By Mary Asujo Slum Aid Project (SAP) in partnership with Vitamin Angels has trained health workers and Village Health Teams on the upcoming multiple micronutrient supplement that is to be...

The government of Uganda has reiterated the call on citizens to embrace the available vaccine in order to salvage the successes so far registered in the fight against COVID-19. Through...

Island dwellers of Bwema in Buvuma district have appealed to the government to come to their rescue and construct for them pit latrines in order to save lives. They claim...

The EU's largest countries on Monday joined a stream of states halting their rollouts of AstraZeneca jabs over blood clot fears, as the World Health Organization and Europe's medicines watchdog...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has delayed the rollout of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines, citing safety concerns. The decision was communicated by the country's health ministry citing the suspension of...

The Ministry of Health has launched a new strategy to tackle the maternal and perinatal deaths in Uganda through focusing and implementing programs on key areas in the health system....