Persons vaccinated using the the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine might need to get a booster dose so as to get 100 percent protection against severe disease according to findings from Phase III trials. The trials that were carried out by the manufacturers of the vaccine show that the single-dose
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NMS officials including board members and General Manager Moses Kamabare (in orange coat) receive members of Parliament at the Kajjansi warehouse construction site Members of Parliament on the Committees of finance, budget and health say there is a need to increase the annual budget of National Medical Stores - NMS
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The ministry of education says there is nothing new to benchmark about from Uganda's neighbours that have been able to reopen schools apart from mobilizing and scaling up on the uptake of the Covid-19 jabs for the targeted groups.Several educationists and some members of the public have been blaming and
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State Minister for Health Margaret Muhanga standing beside Ambassador Natalie. They witnessed the delivery of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines Uganda has received a consignment of more than 1.6 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine thanks to a donation by the United States government. This is the second consignment of COVID-19
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The National Drug Authority has not registered any life-threatening side effects associated with the use of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine. Uganda received 300,000 doses of Sinovac in July as a donation from China, and the jabs were subsequently ringfenced for teachers who had not been vaccinated. According to the health
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The government is going to take over the COVID-19 testing for all passengers arriving at Entebbe International Airport, according to a cabinet decision. The health ministry had accredited three laboratories to carry out testing at the Airport. The three; Test and Fly, Safari and Same Day laboratories were charging USD
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Dr. Stephen Watiti in the Middle swears in as the new chairperson of Mbale Hospital board Ministry of Health is considering constructing a second Regional Referral Hospital in Eastern Region to ease the pressure on Mbale Regional Referral Hospital. The Health State Minister in Charge of Primary Health Care, Hanifa
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The Ministry of Health (MOH) has hired a company from India to install GPS trackers in all government ambulances. The development comes amidst misuse of the ambulances that became more pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic where several reports indicated drivers were carrying non-patients amidst transport restrictions. Dr. John Baptist Waniaye,
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The District Health Officers (DHOs) want their salaries increased from the current Shs4.6M to Shs15M per month if the country is to get DHOs to oversee management of health services in the districts across the country. The call was made by David Ivan Kamya, Chairperson of Association of District Health
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Richard Idro, President of Uganda Medical Practitioners The Medical practitioners have lashed out at Government for reducing them to strike organisers yet there are several Ugandans in need of their services. The doctors have threatened to close down all hospitals if by 6th October the pledge to increase pay for medical practitioners
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