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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Covax has not been able to procure enough vaccine doses for African countries Only 14 out of the 54 African countries have met the global target of vaccinating more than 10% of their populations against coronavirus by end of September, the World Health Organization has said. That's largely because Covax,
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Uganda is in the spotlight again for failing to implement policies that would contribute to controlling overweight, obesity and incidents of non-communicable diseases among the citizens. Global food health rights groups joined the local civil society to criticize Uganda’s poor regulatory regime as regards food safety, that has attracted law
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Uganda is ramping up vaccination of priority populations A study done by Ugandan scientists has found that vaccination against Covid-19 significantly reduced deaths in the country. There were no deaths recorded among fully vaccinated patients during the research period. There were also fewer deaths among those who were partially vaccinated.
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Leah Kasule, right, a 23-year breast cancer survivor now working with the Uganda Cancer Institute while at Goma Health Centre III in Mukono At least 80 percent of the patients who go to the Uganda Cancer Institute-UCI for either cancer screening, management or treatment end up dying, says Richard Ekwan,
Read MoreEntebbe International Airport The government could spend close to Shillings 70 billion to set up and operate the testing centre for arriving passengers at Entebbe International Airport. Mandatory COVID-19 testing for all in-bound passengers is expected to commence next week. Initially, the Ministry of Health had proposed that effective September 3,
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The health ministry is organizing a campaign to increase the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines. According to figures from the health ministry, over 10,000 doses of vaccines are expected to expire at the end of September. Now with a few days left to the end of the month, officials at the
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Laboratory workers supervise the production of the Sinovac vaccine, produced by Vacsera, in Cairo. Photographer: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images Egypt will start shipping locally-made Covid-19 vaccines to other African nations in the next month and a half, Health Minister Hala Zayed said Thursday. Addressing reporters in the capital, Cairo, she didn’t give further details
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Ugandans are increasingly embracing COVID-19 vaccination Uganda Breweries Limited and Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda, with the Private Sector Foundation of Uganda, have partnered with Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) and the Ministry of Health to speed up COVID-19 Vaccination and open up the economy. The private sector players today
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