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Covid-19 disorganize cancer services in Uganda- UWOCASO

By Olivia Nabaggala 6th July 2021 The Chief Executive Officer Uganda Women’s Cancer Support Organization Gertrude Nakigudde explains that the Covid-19 pandemic and its public health control measures have caused interruptions in access to cancer services across the country.   Uganda Women’s Cancer Support Organization (UWOCASO) is a group of breast cancer survivors. She notes […]

Health Ministry to install oxygen plant at Entebbe in next two months.

By Ben Musanje 5th July 2021   The Ministry of Health has promised to install an oxygen plant at Entebbe National Isolation Centre by September this year. Eng. George Otim, the commissioner of health infrastructure at the health ministry, says the plant will be expected to generate at least 300 cylinders of oxygen a day. […]

Wakiso district receives 3000 additional doses of Covid-19 vaccine.

By Charles Katabalwa 5th July 2021 Wakiso District has received an additional 3,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The District Health Officer, Matthias Lugolobi, says the National Medical Stores-NMS delivered the additional doses on Friday last week. This brings to 8,370, the number of doses received by the district to vaccines health workers and […]

More 100 prisoners contract Covid-19 in two weeks.

By Ben Musanje 5th June 2021 The Uganda Prisons Services has in past two weeks registered 100 new cases of Covid-19 which is an increased number of COVID19 patients in the prisons and one new death.   According to Frank Baine, the Prisons Spokesman, in total the Prisons Service has over 200 Covid19 patients which include […]