Archbishop Stanley Ntagali has applauded President Yoweri Museveni on corruption fight, noting that he is let down by corrupt officials in key institutions like the health sector. “I thank the President (Museveni) for speaking against corruption. You find NMS (National Medical Stores) delivering drugs, but you’ll never find them in
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By xinhua The Rwandan Government has blacklisted 1,343 skin bleaching products containing high levels of hydroquinone, which exposes users to skin cancer, Health Minister Patrick Ndimubanzi has said. The issue of substandard skin bleaching products, which are especially popular, has been in the news recently after President Paul Kagame said
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The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) has been certified to perform yellow fever regional reference lab functions in the Arbovirology department that supports yellow fever diagnostic surveillance. This makes UVRI the only certified Yellow fever reference laboratory in Eastern Africa and the second in the African Region, the other being
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The Ugandan government is planning to ban all doctors in public hospitals from working in private health facilities, Sarah Opendi, State Minister for Health in charge of General Duties has said. “We thought we should come up with clear laws banning public servants [from] working in private facilities at the
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The deadly Ebola virus that claimed several lives in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading towards Uganda, the Ministry of Health has warned. This was revealed by Dr. Henry Mwebesa, Director General, Ministry of Health on Friday during the 3rd Grande Annual Doctors Conference held at Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala. “The latest information
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By Aloysious Kasoma National Medical Stores (NMS) officials have revealed that the ongoing construction of a giant warehouse in Kajjansi along Entebbe road will be complete by June 2019. During a guided tour of the facility under construction on Monday by some stakeholders, it was reported that the new facility
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As it celebrates 25 years of procuring, storing and distributing essential drugs and supplies for the people of Uganda, National Medical Stores (NMS) is proud to join the fight to curb the effects of Nodding Syndrome amongst those afflicted and affected by the ailment. Nodding Disease is a neurodegenerative condition
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Johnson& Johnson Thursday launched the Champions of Science Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0, the second continent-wide competition calling on African innovators to submit ideas for innovative technologies, products and solutions that have the potential to create positive impact for African communities. The challenge focuses on identifying scalable and sustainable solutions to
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Uganda says it will start to vaccinate some of its health workers against Ebola on Monday, amid fears that the viral haemorrhagic fever could spread from Democratic Republic of Congo which is battling an outbreak. The East African country has suffered regular outbreaks of Ebola and Marburg over the years,
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The District Health Officers (DHOs) under their umbrella body, the Association of District Health Officers of Uganda (ADHOU) have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga demanding for salary increment. Led by David Ivan Kamya, Chairperson of the Association, the team called for increment of their monthly pay to Shs4m,
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