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Airtel gives MoH ultrasound machine

Our ReporterSeptember 4, 2020September 4, 2020

On behalf of the Ministry of Health, the Permanent Secretary, Diana Atwine, received a mobile ultrasound machine from Airtel as part of their safe motherhood program. The machine will be...

Special Reports

Aceng, Atwine comb Lango on corona mission

Our ReporterAugust 26, 2020August 26, 2020

The Ministry of Health- Uganda technical support Supervision of Health services in Lango Sub Region today enters Day Three. The Ministry's top leadership led by Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero, the...

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No corona death yet, 8-month baby taken to Mulago

Our ReporterMarch 27, 2020March 27, 2020

The Ministry of Health- Uganda has trashed reports claiming one of the 14 confirmed COVID-19 cases has died. “As alleged in several media posts, none of the #COVI19 confirmed cases...

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Health services director Prof Mbonye resigns

Our ReporterFebruary 5, 2018

Prof Anthony Mbonye has resigned from his post of Director Health Services (Clinical and Community) at the Ministry of Health. This comes only days after the civil division of the...

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Fired Dr Mbonye runs to court, blocks his eviction

Our ReporterSeptember 30, 2017September 30, 2017

The acting Director General of Health Services (DGHS), Dr Anthony Mbonye, will stay in his office from which he was this week sacked on orders of the Inspectorate General of...

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IGG sacks Dr Mbonye, probes Anite & Abiriga

Our ReporterSeptember 27, 2017

The Inspector General of Government [IGG] Irene Mulyagonja, has ordered the sacking of the Director General for Health Services in the Ministry of Health, Dr Anthony Mbonye. Accoridng to a...

Education

Health ministry warns on obesity, tobacco use

Our ReporterJuly 6, 2017July 6, 2017

The Government of Uganda has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Novartis Access, to increase patients’ access to treatment for Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs). A basket of fifteen high-quality medicines...