COVID-19: Countries Headed in the Wrong Direction- WHO
14 Jul 2020, 07:37 Comments 171 Views Health East Africa UpdatesAccording to WHO, by Monday 13 million cases and over 500,000 deaths were also reported.
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Stories :: User: Pamela Mawanda :: Accepted date: July 2020
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70 Percent of Ambulances in Uganda Lack Equipment, Trained Staff - Survey
13 Jul 2020, 17:34 Comments 340 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Human rights Science and technology ReportFindings from the study shows that many of the ambulances used in the country do not have emergency equipment or medicine such as pain medication, vital signs monitors, an electrocardiogram (ECG) machine, a defibrillator or an intubation set used to clear blocked airways, Tranexami acid that prevents excessive bleeding caused by trauma like an accident. In addition to this, things like non-breather face masks needed to assist breathing are not present
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Isingiro District Gets First COVID-19 Community Case
13 Jul 2020, 14:04 Comments 246 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Local government UpdatesIsingiro Resident District Commissioner Herbert Muhangi says that the district gets many people from Tanzania trying to enter the country illegally to sell merchandise. At the same time, a number of Ugandans go to Tanzania to till gardens.
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Uganda's COVID-19 Cases Rise to 1,025
12 Jul 2020, 13:05 Comments 311 Views Kampala, Uganda Health UpdatesThe cases were from 2,292 samples that were tested yesterday. Seven were from truck drivers that were picked different points of entry- Malaba, Mirama Hills and Elegu.
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Health Ministry Wants Bylaw on Misuse of Mosquito Nets
11 Jul 2020, 14:43 Comments 261 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Politics UpdatesAccording to the health ministry, beneficiaries have used the nets to fence off their gardens, poultry farms while others use them for fishing.
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Seven New COVID-19 Cases Recorded
11 Jul 2020, 13:04 Comments 282 Views Kampala, Uganda Health UpdatesFive of the new cases are community cases from Amuru, Kasese and Tororo while two cases are truck drivers who were picked up from the Malaba point of entry.
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Ministry of Health Asks Foreign Affairs to Limit Number of Returnees
11 Jul 2020, 12:37 Comments 272 Views Kampala, Uganda Health East Africa UpdatesThe Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng says that if the number is limited it will enable the health workers to manage the returnees, who are supposed to undergo institutional quarantine.
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Six New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed
10 Jul 2020, 14:20 Comments 297 Views Kampala, Uganda Health East Africa UpdatesThe six cases were part of 2,048 samples that were tested yesterday for the disease. Four of the confirmed cases were contacts from Busia, Malaba,Amuru and Kyotera district while two cases are from the Mutukula and Malaba points of entry.
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Uganda in Talks with UK University to Take Part in COVID-19 Vaccine Trials
9 Jul 2020, 21:34 Comments 401 Views Kampala, Uganda Health East Africa Science and technology UpdatesThe Imperial College London began human trials of their vaccine in June 2020 with a small dose of the vaccine being administered to a volunteer in West London. A total of 50 participants will take part in the trial to determine the safety and immunogenicity of the vaccine.
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WHO Launches Review in Global Response to COVID-19
9 Jul 2020, 19:49 Comments 145 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Science and technology UpdatesThe review which will be led by an evaluation panel will look at the way the WHO and the world at large responded to the COVID-19 pandmeic
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Uganda's COVID-19 Cases Reach 1,000 Top story
9 Jul 2020, 12:59 Comments 428 Views Kampala, Uganda Media East Africa UpdatesAs the country hits the 1,000 mark, health officials are worried that this could be the start of a different picture of the diseases where it could easily reach the 10,000 mark
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COVID-19: Uganda’s Cases Rise to 977 Top story
8 Jul 2020, 12:46 Comments 689 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Misc East Africa UpdatesThe six cases that were reported were part of 3,451 samples that were tested yesterday. Four of the confirmed cases are truck drivers who entered the country through the Malaba Point of entry while two are community cases from Moyo and Tororo districts
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High COVID-19 Cases Not Related to Mass Testing-WHO
8 Jul 2020, 10:50 Comments 292 Views Kampala, Uganda Health East Africa UpdatesData from the WHO shows that it took 12 weeks for the world to reach 400,000 cases of COVID-19. There have now been 11.4 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 535,000 deaths reported. As of today, 200,000 COVID-19 cases are being reported every day, across the world.
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18 New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed
7 Jul 2020, 12:54 Comments 250 Views Kampala, Uganda Health East Africa UpdatesAccording to the health ministry, all persons who travelled with the positive case on July 5 from India are under observation and have been tested once for the disease. The positive case was also in quarantine by the time the virus was detected.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Derails Global HIV Targets Top story
7 Jul 2020, 11:48 Comments 393 Views Kampala, Uganda Health East Africa UpdatesThe report – Seizing the Moment – warns that the remarkable achievements made in the fight to end AIDS have not been shared equally within and between countries. Only 14 countries in the world have met the 90-90-90 targets, yet there is no sign to show that a majority of the countries will make progress by the end of 2020, a situation which threatens decades of hard-won gains in the fight against HIV.
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COVID-19 Disruptions Might Lead to 500,000 HIV Related Deaths in Africa
7 Jul 2020, 04:52 Comments 342 Views Kampala, Uganda Health East Africa UpdatesAccording to a survey carried out by the World Health Organisation and the United Nations Joint Program on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) an additional 500,000 HIV related deaths could be reported in Sub-Saharan Africa due to COVID-19 lockdown disruptions
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COVID-19: Uganda Denies Entry to 43 Truck Drivers who Tested Positive
6 Jul 2020, 12:09 Comments 358 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Misc East Africa UpdatesThis comes at a time when the country's confirmed numbers stand at 953 cases as of yesterday. 39 of the drivers were Kenyan while four where Tanzanian. The drivers were part of 3,103 tests that were carried out yesterday and tested positive for the disease
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Three Returnees Test Positive for COVID-19
5 Jul 2020, 13:03 Comments 306 Views Kampala, Uganda Health East Africa UpdatesAccording to Ministry of Health, the three travelers are undergoing treatment at Mulago National Referral Hospital and Entebbe General Hospital.
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WHO Stops Use of Hydroxychloroquine, Lopinavir for COVID-19 Treatment
4 Jul 2020, 23:10 Comments 298 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Science and technology ReportIn a statement released today, the health agency said that the decision to stop the use of the drugs comes from a recommendation made by the Solidarity Trial’s International Steering Committee to discontinue the use of the drugs because they do not have any effect on hospitalised patients.
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Uganda's COVID-19 Cases Rise to 927
4 Jul 2020, 11:50 Comments 332 Views Kampala, Uganda Health East Africa Updates11 of the cases were from samples picked from truck drivers at different points of entry while five cases were picked from contacts in Amuru and Namulindwa.
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