Stories :: Category: Health :: Accepted date: April 2021
Updated: 16 Apr, 13:3213:32
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Lockdown Exposed More Youths to Drug and Substance Abuse - Counsellors
16 Apr 2021, 09:26 Comments 229 Views Kampala, Uganda Health UpdatesAccording to rehabilitation expert, Richard Muhangi of Recovery Solutions Treatment and Counseling Centre in Kampala, many teenagers are struggling with substance use in communities, homes and schools. He said that 53 per cent of admissions at the centre are persons aged between 17 and 22 who are addicted to substances.
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Uganda Advised to Address Blood Clots Associated with COVID-19 Vaccines
16 Apr 2021, 08:00 Comments 251 Views Kampala, Uganda Health UpdatesAs a result of being associated with blood clots, several European countries have halted the use of the said vaccines. However, in light of the limited supply of the vaccines, the World Health Organisation country representative to Uganda, Dr Yonas Woldermariam has called upon the government not to take the same route.
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Kampala City Lord Mayor Out of Danger - Nyanjura
16 Apr 2021, 07:09 Comments 320 Views Kampala, Uganda Health ReportNyanjura who says she last spoke to Lukwago last evening Wednesday told URN that doctors at Nairobi Hospital have run several tests and results they so far have are not that worrying.
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Second COVID-19 Wave Begins in Uganda -Scientists Top story
15 Apr 2021, 19:32 Comments 738 Views Kampala, Uganda Health UpdatesAccording to scientists, the increase in COVID-19 cases that the country has been reporting is the beginning of the country's second wave of the disease. They say as part of this wave, they expect the number of reported cases to double those reported during the first wave
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Gov’t in Support of ‘Mandatory’ COVID-19 Vaccination for Teachers, Frontline Workers
15 Apr 2021, 16:20 Comments 367 Views Kampala, Uganda Education Health ReportWhile the government had initially said that Covid-19 vaccination is not compulsory and subject to consent, since the vaccines are new and have never been used before, this sentiment seems to have changed following low uptake of the vaccines by targeted groups.
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Kwania, Alebtong Register Low Uptake of Covid-19 Vaccine
15 Apr 2021, 15:49 Comments 256 Views Kwania, Uganda Northern Health Science and technology UpdatesDr. Tonny Odung, the Alebtong District Health Officer blamed the poor uptake of the vaccine on people spreading negative information about the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine that is being used. He has asked the targeted frontline workers to disregard all the misinformation, saying the vaccine is safe.
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Approved National Health Insurance Bill Doesn't Favour All Ugandans-Dr. Aceng Top story
15 Apr 2021, 15:13 Comments 486 Views Kampala, Uganda Health UpdatesAccording to the minister of health, the bill which was passed does not address concerns raised by stakeholders. She says the bill needed to be withdrawn and revised so that concerns relating to who contributes to the scheme and collects monies are addressed
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Makerere Hospital not Struggling with COVID -19 Vaccination Uptake - Prof. Byamugisha
15 Apr 2021, 15:04 Comments 237 Views Kampala, Uganda Health UpdatesWhen URN visited the Makerere University hospital based vaccination center on Wednesday, they had already depleted their doses and were only now entering complete data before they could open up for a new target audience.
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Amuru District Revives Village COVID-19 Task Forces
15 Apr 2021, 14:13 Comments 278 Views Amuru, Uganda Health Human rights Local government UpdatesIn the past two weeks, the district has registered over 30 covid-19 positive cases from within the community and a few from the Elegu border post. Initially, the district was registering 5 to 10 cases since the beginning of the year.
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Karamojong Mother Stranded with Triplets
15 Apr 2021, 11:08 Comments 195 Views Health Human rights Lifestyle UpdatesMaria, whose husband is a former cattle rustler and is now broke, told journalists who visited her that without the help of doctors and nurses who gave her some soap she didn’t know where to get those items from.
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Family Sues Butiru Chrisco hospital for Professional Negligence
15 Apr 2021, 10:57 Comments 212 Views Health UpdatesJane Kirabo, the legal representative of the family and CEHURD, says that Nabifo wouldn’t have died if she had been referred to Mbale Regional Referral Hospital for special attention in time. She wants Butiru Chrisco hospital held responsible for neglect, which led to her death.
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UVRI Checks Efficacy of Point of Care Test in Detecting Viral Load in HIV Positive Children
14 Apr 2021, 18:26 Comments 233 Views Kampala, Uganda Health UpdatesViral load testing according to experts is crucial in the treatment of HIV as it helps in making treatment decisions which in the end help the patient to suppress the virus and improve their quality of life.
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Rakai Poisoning: Police to Charge Grandparents With Rush And Negligence
14 Apr 2021, 16:32 Comments 230 Views Rakai town, Uganda Health Crime Security UpdatesLast week, five children under the age of seven from the same family died after they took Paraquat herbicide, allegedly given to them by the grandparents. They were identified as Alafa Kamoga, Jovan Kivumbi, Elijah Lubyayi, Sarah Nabukenya, and Shivan Mirembe of one-and-half-years.
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Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Halted Over Blood Clot Fears
13 Apr 2021, 20:10 Comments 314 Views Kampala, Uganda Health UpdatesThe announcement comes after the discovery of six cases of rare blood clots in people who had received the vaccine weeks ago.
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Amuru RDC Orders Compulsory COVID-19 Vaccination for Frontline Workers
13 Apr 2021, 15:04 Comments 376 Views Security Human rights Health InterviewIn March, the district health department was the first to receive 3,000 dozes of the AstraZenica vaccine from the Ministry of Health targeting 486 registered health workers but only 10 of them have been vaccinated since then.
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MOH Struggles to hit Hepatitis Testing Targets, Turns to Antenatal to Catch Women
13 Apr 2021, 11:46 Comments 265 Views Kampala, Uganda Health UpdatesDr. Racheal Beyagira, the Technical Officer on Hepatitis in the Ministry says the 5.6 million accounts for 35% of their target, adding that over 40% of those tested came out positive.
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COVID Long Way From Over as Cases and Deaths Surge – WHO
13 Apr 2021, 11:45 Comments 214 Views Kampala, Uganda Health ReportWe have now seen seven consecutive weeks of increasing cases, and four weeks of increasing deaths”, told journalists at a regular media briefing. While acknowledging that vaccines are vital and powerful instruments, the WHO chief reiterated that they are not the only tools needed to defeat the coronavirus.
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Rakai Poisoning: Fifth Victim Buried
13 Apr 2021, 08:23 Comments 251 Views Rakai town, Uganda Health Security Religion UpdatesFour victims namely Jovan Kivumbi, 4, Shivan Mirembe, 3, Elijah Lubyayi, 3, and Sarah Nabukenya, 2, succumbed to the toxin on different days last week.
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Elegu Residents Appeal for Massive COVID-19 Test
12 Apr 2021, 15:32 Comments 375 Views Amuru, Uganda Health Human rights Lifestyle UpdatesJackline Atim, a resident of Lorikor West in Elegu town council says the drivers and residents were freely mixing and interacting without observing the standard operating procedures aimed at fighting the spread of COVID-19 which includes face mask wearing, social distancing and hand washing among others.
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