UCAA and Rotary Club of Entebbe officials handing over the Orthopeadic equipment to Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital The Rotary Foundation through the Rotary Club of Entebbe and Rotary District 9214 in conjunction with Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) recently handed over Orthopeadic Equipment to Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital. The function was
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The supplementary feeding programme has helped to bring down the cases of malnutrition According to a report by UNICEF, over 30,000 children in West Nile have been screened for malnutrition. In several districts, severe acute malnutrition, wasting and stunting in children are highly prevalent. The 2016 Uganda Demographic Health Survey
Read MoreNMS has intensified efforts to fight drug theft For many years, the Ugandan government has been grappling with rising cases of theft of medicines in public health facilities. To address this challenge, National Medical Stores (NMS), a government agency which delivers medicines and supplies up to the health facilities’ doorsteps
Read MoreNMS Board Chairperson Dr. Jotham Musinguzi (left) and GMCEO Moses Kamabare both pose with tins of Replenish, an immune booster specially designed to curb nutrient deficiencies in those affected by Nodding Syndrome. Early 2016, Jenifer Alaroker was transferred to Lapuda primary school located in Paicho Sub County in Gulu district.
Read MoreMarket Women in Uganda (photo credit: IST) “Market Women” are the ubiquitous vendors who populate local markets throughout Uganda and sub-Saharan Africa. In many ways, they are the lifeblood of most African economies – in Uganda, the “informal sector” accounts for 75% of the total working population – making sure
Read MoreAs part of the innovation to make customer relations friendlier, National Medical Stores has come up with the Smart Care, a set of digital products to enhance real time feedback. With this service, public health facilities and the general public can now provide and receive feedback on the medicine and
Read MoreNMS General Manager, Moses Kamabare. With a blaring distress signal on and the blue top lights flashing, an ambulance rushed out of the gate at breakneck speed, leaving everyone at the health facility wondering what emergency had come up. No sooner had it joined the main road though than the
Read MoreNMS Board Chairperson Dr. Jotham Musinguzi (left) and GMCEO Moses Kamabare both pose with tins of Replenish, an immune booster specially designed to curb nutrient deficiencies in those affected by Nodding Syndrome. Around 2007, a strange disease; Nodding syndrome hit Northern Uganda. It ravaged children in a number of districts;
Read MoreOp-ED: The Role Of RDCs, MPs In Countering Theft Of Gov’t Medicines in Public Health Facilities
By Mike Ssegawa While President Museveni was launching the NMS pharmaceutical warehouse in Kajjansi, off Entebbe road, in November 2022, he made a statement on drug theft which should have woken us up and worked towards zero theft of government medicines. The President said drugs bought by Ugandan taxpayers were
Read MoreMalaria is the leading cause of morbidity and accounts for 30-50% of out-patient visits at health facilities Malaria remains one of the most devastating infectious diseases, causing high morbidity and mortality especially in sub-Saharan Africa. In Uganda, malaria is endemic in approximately 95% of the country, affecting over 90% of
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