HEALTH

A total of 5,225,854 government face-masks have been delivered to Kampala Metropolitan Area, Wakiso and Mukono Districts, the Ministry of Health has announced on Tuesday. The new development paves way...

The Ministry of Health has warned that Uganda should be ready for a new wave of coronavirus infections as the COVID-19 pandemic in the country takes a new direction. The...

The minister for health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has attributed the turn-around in COVID-19 results as witnessed recently in Uganda, to management errors during handling of samples. Dr Aceng also...

Makerere University School of Public Health and Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC) on Thursday unveiled the first unit of a low-cost medical ventilator. The unveiled ventilator is mobile and can be...

Days after the office of the Prime Minister announced mandatory testing for all cabinet ministers, City administrators, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) have announced commencement of mandatory testing for all...

7 frontline workers have tested positive for COVID-19 in Lira District Uganda, the Ministry of Health has reported. The confirmed cases are 3 nurses, 2 doctors and 2 senior level...

The minister for Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has issued guidelines the general public must adhere to following a presidential directive on compulsory use of masks in the fight against...

Four people have so far died, while another 109 have been admitted in hospital following an outbreak of cholera in Moroto District. Moroto District health officer Dr. Charles Omundu Komakech...

By Julius Muhumuza Health activists and Civil Society organizations want government to stop accepting all donations from Tobacco companies, because the practice undermines government’s credibility to protect public health. The...

A German company working with US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has begun human trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine. Pfizer says it will begin testing the experimental vaccine in the United States...