Health

The Commissioner General of Prisons, Dr.Johnson Byabashaija was on Tuesday the first person to take a Covid-19 jab as the Uganda Prisons Services launched immunization of officers. Speaking at the function held at the Prisons headquarters along Parliamentary Avenue in Kampala, Byabashaija assured the prisons staff and public at large of the safety of the vaccine. “I am a scientist as you all know and I know how vaccines work. It is the reason I came to take the shot because the side effects of any vaccine and especially in this case are more bearable than getting the virus,”Byabashaija, a professional veterinary doctor said. “If you are of a more advanced age like me above 60, you are very vulnerable to this virus. Therefore I applaud everybody who was involved in ensuring we get...

The Mukono diocese bishop Rt. Rev. James William Ssebagala has today recieved a donation of medical supplies from Uganda christian university, in the bid to boost medical performance in the church founded hospital. The consignment include surgical equipments, diathan machines, bioxgun, sanitizers and among others, which was got through UCU United States based partners medi share. After receiving the medical consignment, the Mukono general hospital medical supretendant, Dr. Geoffrey Kasirye said, there is overwhelming numbers of patients received at Mukono general hospital, and the hospital is unable to handle the numbers due to the meagre resources at newly elevated medical facility. Dr. Kasirye revealed that ever since the elevation of the hospital to in 2020, there is treme...

by liz vaccinating of people against Covid 19 starts today in Uganda, the Presidential Advisor on Epidemics Dr. Monica Musenero said that only those who will consent to receive the vaccine will get immunized. Dr. Musenero said: “The AstraZeneca vaccine is to be administered through injection on the arm to  people above 18 years who will consent because the vaccine has not yet been fully accepted by the World Health Organization (WHO).”“These will sign consent forms which will be availed in every local language for one to understand what they are getting themselves into.” She addedDr. Musenero made the remarks at Fairway hotel in Kampala during a health workshop with the media. During the training she noted that the primary cause of the vaccine is to control severe disease...

by our reporter Dr. Diana Atwiine, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health together with her officials that included the Directors for General and that of Clinical Services, the Scientific Committee and other Experts on the COVID task team, on Friday 8th January 2021 held a meeting attended by the Permanent SecretaryMinistry of Gender, Labour and Social Development and representatives of the Uganda national Cultural Centre (UNCC), the Artists’ Union and Associations.The full list of attendees is attached.This meeting, which took place at the Ministry of Health, was convened toaddress the grievances of the Culture and Creative Artists, who constitute asignificant percentage of the Entertainment Industry, on the matter of theeffect(s) of the continued COVID-19 Lockdown on this subsector. Of ...