The Secretary to Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi (pictured) has asked Parliament to consider allocating funds meant to offer medical treatment to top Government officials abroad and have it injected into Uganda’s health sector. “There are very few Ugandans who go abroad, maybe we need to think as leaders, going forward, these monies we
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Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwine. The State House Anti-corruption Unit is investigating allegations of bribery in the deployment of medical interns. Seven medical interns were scheduled for interrogation on Thursday in the continuing investigation into concerns of corruption and bribery within medical internship deployment by the Ministry
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Bishop Lawrence Mukasa arrives at the event to officiate at the Diocesan Holy Matrimonial day at Nattyoole in Luwero The Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kasana-Luwero, the Right Reverend Lawrence Mukasa has expressed concern about the spread of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which leads to the Acquired Immuno
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The Technical Support Supervision program in the Kigezi sub-region is led by the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Diana Atwine (Centre) and Director General Health Services, Dr. Henry G. Mwebesa (Right). The Ministry of Health has embarked on a week-long Technical Support Supervision program in the Kigezi sub-region, led by the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Diana Atwine, and
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Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng The Ministry of Health (MOH) has revealed that the new draft bill to introduce the National Health Insurance Scheme will be re-tabled before cabinet in the next two weeks revealing that it will be mandatory for all adult Ugandans to pay. Speaking during the
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The hospital was officially opened by David Bahati (Centre), the state Minister for Trade The Government of Uganda has been called to uniformly implement tax exemptions on medical equipment being imported into the country. The call was made on Saturday by Dr Henry K. Lukwago at the launch of the George
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Minister Aceng being vaccinated The Minister of Health, Dr Ruth Aceng has warned that if the uptake of the Covid-19 vaccines doesn’t increase in Uganda, at least 7, 567,200 doses of the jab will expire by February 2024. Minister Aceng informed Parliament that the vaccine uptake in Uganda still stands
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The Young African innovators The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations and Speak Up Africa have announced the winners of the second edition of the Africa Young Innovators for Health Award Mrs Teniola Aderonke Adedeji (Nigeria) and Dr. Ochora Moses (Uganda) have been announced as first prize winners and
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Dr Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health The Ministry of Health (MOH) has launched new guidelines for paternity testing. The guidelines require laboratories across the country to among others apply for accreditation to be allowed to collect samples and also have staff that include a
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A report by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has reaffirmed audit findings that Jinja Regional Referral Hospital is operating without a pharmacist and the people currently operating the facility have no basic knowledge on how to operate the pharmacy. Medard Sseggona (Busiro East) who is also Chairperson PAC said, “Audit
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