Dr Diana Atwine, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health The government of Uganda has a funding shortfall of 515 billion Shillings to procure nine million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from the Serum Institute of India, URN reports.A total of 21,952,000 million vaccines are expected to arrive in the country between
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Uganda is targeting to vaccinate 49.6% of the population which is about 21,936,011 people, in a phased manner, Jane Ruth Aceng, the country’s Health Minister has revealed. “The revised target population for vaccination in Uganda stands at 21,936,011 persons equivalent to 49.6% of population of Uganda compared with the target
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The health ministry has warned that the current drop in COVID-19 numbers is not good news. Health ministry officials say the drop in numbers is just the calm before an impending second wave.As of today, the health ministry has recorded 40,243 cases of the disease. However in the last three
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COVID-19 vaccination will be voluntary when vaccination starts in the country, according to the Ministry of Health. The Health Minister. Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng (pictured) disclosed this at a media briefing on Tuesday evening. According to the Health Ministry, the first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in the
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Many COVID-19 survivors lose interest in the things they used to like, clinicians have revealed. As of February 22, 2021, Uganda had registered 14,478 COVID-19 recoveries countrywide.However, doctors say that 70 percent of the survivors lost interest in life, a condition referred to as Adhedonia in medical terms while others
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The Ministry of health says it will administer the AstraZeneca vaccine eight weeks apart despite studies showing that administering the vaccine 12 weeks apart leads to higher efficacy of the vaccines.According to a study published in the medical journal, the Lancet that took place in the UK people who got
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Msgr Mayombo talking to the staff at Muhiirwa's residence in Fort Portal. Virika Hospital staff in Fort Portal Tourism City on Tuesday morning laid down their tools, protesting poor working conditions at the facility.The about 60 staff marched to the residence of Bishop Robert Mubiirwa of Fort Portal Catholic Diocese
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Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng Pregnant women living in COVID-19 hotspots in Uganda will be considered for the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine. According to the health ministry, pregnant women in districts like Kampala, Arua, Wakiso and Kyotera will be among the first beneficiaries because they have higher chances of being exposed
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Both the UAE and Bahrain have already granted emergency use of the Sinopharm vaccine for key workers Chinese authorities have given conditional approval for general public use of a coronavirus vaccine developed by state-owned drugmaker Sinopharm. The move came a day after the firm said interim data showed its leading
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Premier, Ruhakana Rugunda launching the Cath Lab On a rather warm afternoon of December 18th 2020, Nakasero Hospital hosted her clients to a launch of its brand new Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory (Cath Lab), in line with its mission of advancing healthcare in Uganda by leveraging technology. The event was hosted
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