There is no new wave of Covid-19 circulating in Uganda, the government through the ministry of Health has said. Dr Daniel Kyabayinze, director of public health at the ministry dismissed as scaremongering a social media dossier suggesting that the new variant in the country causes no cough or fever but rather symptoms like neck pain, […]
Experts from World Health Organisation have revealed a significant reduction in maternal mortality rates. Dr Olive Sentumbwe, a family and population advisor from the World Health Organization (WHO), reported a drop from 16 maternal deaths per day in 2016 to eight currently. “Factors such as improvement in the health systems, partners, and community outreach programmes […]
The Health ministry says the outbreak is not only in Kampala but also in prison facilities in other districts. With more than 950 cases of infection with a contagious eye disease, conjunctivitis (red eyes), registered in schools and prisons, health experts have prescribed a raft of measures to prevent and manage the disease. Dr Daniel […]