President Yoweri Museveni was accompanied by PM, Robinah Nabbanja to launch the COVID-19 laboratories at Entebbe International Airport The President of Uganda, H.E. Yoweri Kaguta T. Museveni on Friday, October 22, 2021 officially launched the COVID-19 laboratories to be used for mandatory Covid-19 testing of all incoming passengers through Entebbe International Airport at
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Moses Kamabare, the General Manager National Medical Stores speaks to journalists from inside the cold room for polio vaccines. The National Medical Stores has announced that unvaccinated staff and visitors will no longer be allowed to access its offices. The directive takes immediate effect for staff, and start on October
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Ceres juices are distributed in different countries Apple juice made by South African firm Ceres has been recalled from seven African countries over high levels of patulin that can cause vomiting and nausea. Patulin is a mycotoxin produced by a variety of moulds found in apples and apple products. Laboratory
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Nsambya Hospital is on the spot for injecting a student with two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in a space of just two days after health workers failed to trace her information that had been recorded on the first visit. Under normal circumstances, a person who gets an AstraZeneca COVID-19
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Dr Alfred Driwale, Asst Commissioner, Vaccines and Immunisation - MoH, Hon. Kabuye Kyofatogabye & Daniel Okello, KCCA Director of Public Health Uganda Breweries Limited in partnership with Coca Cola Uganda have partnered with Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA), NICE-UG and the Ministry of Health to host the first ever mass
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Dr John Stephen Obbo Olwenyi, Lira RRH Director, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, Mumba Kalifungwa, Absa Uganda MD and David Wandera, Absa Uganda Head of Financial Markets The Minister of Health, Hon Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has said that vaccine scarcity was becoming an issue of the past. “There are more
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Dr. Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Health interacts with with officials from the ministry, NMS and AVAT at Entebbe Airport. NMS Photo Uganda has received 196,800 doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. This is the first batch of the nine million doses of the single-shot
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has endorsed the first-ever vaccine to prevent malaria, as it moves to save the lives of tens of thousands of children in Africa, where the disease remains endemic.Malaria, one of the oldest known and deadliest infectious diseases kills about half a million people each year,
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L-R: The Executive Chairman of EAMV - Ben Kavuya, Hon Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the Minister of Health, Dr. David Nahamya, Secretary to the National Drug Authority (NDA) , Dr. Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and a member of the EAMV Quality Assurance Team during the tour.
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Green cottage clinic in Mukono municipality is under the spotlight for issuing fake COVID-19 test certificates especially to people travelling abroad. Much as the clinic isn’t among those accredited to conduct COVID-19 tests, it issues PCR test results. Trouble for Green cottage clinic started when they issued a COVID-19 negative
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