Health

The management of Mbale Regional Referral hospital has denied claims by ministry of Health officials that it was given 8 ambulances and Shs 272 million to help in the Covid-19 fight.   Appearing before MPs last...

Prudential Assurance Uganda Limited (Prudential Uganda) has successfully transferred the policy holders, staff and agents of International Air Ambulance Healthcare (IAA Healthcare) to its business. This follows a comprehensive transfer process that was presided by...

The National Medical Stores (NMS) that has for months stored and distributed doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines to 94 districts across the country says they have the capacity to store Pfizer Vaccines as well, the...

National Medical Stores (NMS) Saturday morning partnered with Entebbe local authorities to clean up an area in Lunyo where the institution's driver was seen dumping garbage.A resident of Lunyo blew the whistle on Twitter, urging...

National Medical Stores (NMS) has today received 175,200 COVID-19 vaccines from the Ministry of Health. The AstraZeneca vaccines will be stored at the NMS headquarters in Entebbe. NMS’ mandate is to procure, store and deliver drugs...

The police fraternity is mourning the death of senior superintendent of police (SSP) Samuel Bamuzibire who has been the Kampala Metropolitan 999 Patrol commander. Bamuzibire, according to police sources at Naguru police headquarters, has succumbed...

As rising cases of Covid-19 have been reported in schools and universities across the country, Victoria University has this Tuesday held a massive vaccination exercise of students and staff. “Victoria University cares about the health...

Former Health minister Ruth Aceng, ex foreign minister Sam Kutesa and World Health Organization representative in Uganda Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam were among those who received their second shot of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the ministry...

Property Mogul and businessman Dr Sudhir Ruparelia have today received his second shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine from UMC Victoria Hospital, which is one of the designated vaccination sites in Kampala and the first private...

The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) says it has detected the Indian COVID-19 variant in Kampala. According to officials from the ministry of Health, the variant also referred to as B.1.617 was detected from travelers...