Health

URN. Luwero District Task Force on COVID 19 has issued a directive to block unvaccinated residents from accessing the district headquarters. Juliet Najjuma Ssenkoole the Chairperson of Luwero District Task...

Leaders in Lamwo district are concerned about the increasing cases of COVID-19 registered over the past four days.  The District has recorded 79 cases between January 2 and January 5,...

URN.Mukono District Education Officer Rashid Kikomeko has directed all schools intending to operate both day and boarding sections to apply for compliance certificates. Those that will not have the certificates...

The Gulu District Education Department has allocated 78 Million Shillings for procuring personal protective equipment for the government-headed schools as the schools reopen next week.  There are 47 government-headed Primary...

Though highly preventable and treatable, cervical cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in reproductive-aged women globally, according to the UN health agency, kicking off Cervical Cancer...

Health officials in Gulu district are calling for the regulation of the sale of abortion-inducing drugs. The proposal comes amidst a reported rise in health complications coupled with deaths among teenage...

A New York school teacher with no formal medical qualification has been arrested for allegedly giving a Covid vaccine to a student, say officials. Police say Laura Russo administered the...

India is bracing for a third wave of coronavirus as its largest cities - the capital Delhi and financial hub Mumbai - see a surge in cases. India reported 58,097...

Travel industry groups have called for all remaining Covid restrictions on travellers to be removed in the latest government review. With data last week suggesting one in 25 people in...

URN. Jehovah’s Witnesses, one of the millenarian Christian denominations in Uganda, has opted not to reopen its worship centres, known as kingdom halls, even as the Ugandan economy reopens.  They...