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WHO gives Uganda medical equipment worth $250,000

Our ReporterOctober 1, 2020October 1, 2020

The Minister for Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero has received medical equipment worth USD 250,000 to boost the COVID-19 response. This equipment was procured by the World Health Organisation...

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WHO names UVRI reference lab for Covid19 in Africa

Our ReporterSeptember 4, 2020September 4, 2020

Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) has been selected as one of the reference labs for COVID-19 in Africa, to provide genetic information needed for the swift and effective control of...

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WHO warns of 250m Covid-19 cases in Africa

Our ReporterMay 15, 2020May 15, 2020

Scientists at the World Health Organization (WHO) say nearly a quarter of a billion people in Africa could contract coronavirus within the first year of the pandemic. But they think...

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834,000 Ugandans will contract COVID-19 & 3,336 will die- WHO

Our ReporterApril 8, 2020April 8, 2020

The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, has told Parliament that to strengthen surveillance and treatment services for COVID-19 in the country, an additional 220 health workers are being...

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WHO declares virus crisis a pandemic, urges world to fight

Our ReporterMarch 11, 2020March 12, 2020

Police officers wearing masks patrol an empty St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Pope Francis held his weekly general audience in the privacy of his library...

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WHO declares Coronavirus a pandemic

Our ReporterMarch 11, 2020March 11, 2020

A woman walks past the Basilica of Santo Stefano, in Bologna, Italy, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. In Italy the government extended a coronavirus containment order previously limited to the country’s...

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Rugunda test-rides bikes WHO gave to Uganda

Our ReporterFebruary 6, 2020February 6, 2020

The Ministry of Health received immunization and transport equipment worth Shs33bn procured by World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF with support from The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization Alliance...

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Museveni, WHO boss Tedros talk Ebola

Our ReporterJune 17, 2019June 17, 2019

President Museveni has met the World Health Organisation [WHO] Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who came to assess Uganda’s response to the current Ebola outbreak in Kasese District, Western Uganda....

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WHO readies team to contain Ebola in Uganda

Our ReporterJune 12, 2019June 12, 2019

The minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng‏ says Uganda has been in preparedness mode ever since the Ebola outbreak was declared in DR Congo. “Now, we move into response...

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Over 1,000 dead in Congo Ebola epidemic

Our ReporterMay 4, 2019May 4, 2019

By AFP More than 1,000 people have now died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said, as aid workers warned that the highly contagious virus combined with...