Stories :: User: Pamela Mawanda :: Accepted date: September 2021

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• J&J COVID Vaccine Found to Offer More Protection After Booster Dose

  21 Sep 2021, 23:19 Comments 185 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Science and technology Updates

  A statement issued on the company's website on Tuesday on findings from the EMSEMBLE study which has 45,000 participants from around the world shows another shot of the vaccine administered 14 days after the first jab offer 100 percent protection against severe or critical COVID-19, 75 percent protection against symptomatic COVID globally

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• COVID-19: CDC Study Finds Moderna Vaccine More Effective than Pfizer

  19 Sep 2021, 09:21 Comments 368 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  According to the findings, Moderna offers 93 percent protection against COVID-19 hospitalisations compared to Pfizer's 88 percent. Ugandan health officials say that the difference in levels of protection should not be a cause of worry

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• Health Ministry Planning to introduce HPV Vaccine at 5 years

  18 Sep 2021, 14:47 Comments 515 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

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• Local Govt's Asked to Vaccinate Teachers, Students by End of September

  18 Sep 2021, 10:36 Comments 576 Views Kampala, Uganda Education Updates

  According to Dr Mwebesa, the re-opening of schools is highly dependent on the vaccination of teachers and students in tertiary institutions aged 18 years and above

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• NDA Reports No Major Side Effects for Sinovac COVID-19 Vaccines

  17 Sep 2021, 12:08 Comments 412 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  Uganda received 300,000 doses of Sinovac in July as a donation from China, and the jabs were subsequently ringfenced for teachers who had not been vaccinated. According to the health ministry, the vaccines meant for teachers have all been used up, with Kampala recording up to 200,000 vaccinations in this category.

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• Health Ministry Launches New 12 billion Disease Surveillance System

  15 Sep 2021, 17:11 Comments 293 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Science and technology Updates

  The system will be able deployed in all parts of the country and will be able to detect future epidemics in the country. As part of the new system, health workers and members of the community will be able to report suspicious diseases early which will then be monitored by epidemiologist at the command center in Kampala

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• Gov't Slashes COVID-19 Testing Fees, Takes over Service at Airport

  15 Sep 2021, 13:30 Comments 368 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  The health ministry had accredited three laboratories to carry out testing at the Airport. The three; Test and Fly, Safari and Same Day laboratories were charging USD 65 (229,000 Shillings) for every test conducted. However, the government has since resolved to reduce the cost to USD 30 105,000 Shillings.

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• Gov't Sued Over Poor Quality of Education Inflicted on Learners in Bududa

  14 Sep 2021, 17:09 Comments 182 Views Kampala, Uganda Education Updates

  According to the complainants, Bududa has continued to be one of the worst-performing districts academically at national level due to the low funding of the education sector in Uganda. The complainants want the court to order the Ministry of Education and Sports to develop a national affirmative policy on UPE education that will see more monies sent to the schools.

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• Gov't has No Plan to Vaccinate Children Below 15 Years -MOH

  13 Sep 2021, 18:34 Comments 501 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Education Updates

  According to officials from the health ministry, vaccinating teenagers or children aged 12 to 15 will be a waste of vaccines since children are not as susceptible to COVID-19 infections as adults are. They say the Pfizer vaccines will be set aside for persons in the high risk groups that will not be vaccinated

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• NDA Impounds Drugs Worth 46 Million in Kampala

  10 Sep 2021, 15:04 Comments 348 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Business and finance Updates

  As part of the operations, 14 pharmacies, 4 clinics, three-drug shops, and two general merchandise shops were closed and drugs impounded. The drugs were got during a 12-day enforcement operation after NDA was tipped off that some pharmacies and drug shops were operating without valid licenses.

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• Suicide Attempts on the Rise in the Country-MOH

  10 Sep 2021, 11:15 Comments 468 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  Dr Hafsa Lukwata, the assistant commissioner in charge of mental health at the Ministry of Health says that they have received many reports of persons who have attempted to take their own lives due to COVID-19. However, she adds that the data is not conclusive and may not give a complete picture of what the situation looks like in the country.

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• CBO Fundraises to Equip To Health Centers in Rukungiri

  9 Sep 2021, 16:42 Comments 249 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  Allan Asinguza Mutemba, the chairman of Buyanja my Roots, says as it stands, the health facilities lack the basic equipment to function well.

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• Govt Asked to Recruit Physiotherapists

  8 Sep 2021, 15:36 Comments 261 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  With around 400 physiotherapists in the country, this brings the specialists to a patient ratio of 1: 63,000.

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• Health Ministry Cautions Ugandans on Mixing COVID-19 Vaccines

  8 Sep 2021, 03:50 Comments 441 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  The call comes following the arrival of 647,080 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at time when many Ugandans who received the first jab are waiting to receive their second jab. Preliminary records from the health ministry show that over 150,000 people are due for their second dose

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• Experts Recommend Polio Boosters for Adults

  7 Sep 2021, 15:31 Comments 293 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  According to scientists, while most adults were vaccinated against the disease when they were children, the immunity provided for by the vaccines has since been reduced and needs to be revamped.

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• We don't have Programme for School Reopening - Minister Muyingo

  6 Sep 2021, 04:57 Comments 691 Views Kampala, Uganda Education Updates

  According to Minister Muyingo, the Ministry of Education and Sports at the moment does not have any idea when schools will re-open so that learning can resume. He add the ministry does not even have any proposed programme on how schools can re-open

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• UBTEB Registers Decline in Performance of Candidates

  3 Sep 2021, 14:25 Comments 569 Views Kampala, Uganda Education Updates

  The decline was noted across five programmes that sat for examinations early this year. These include; Technical Advanced Craft, Technical National Certificate Programmes, Technical Community Polytechnic Programmes and Business Diploma programmes. It was also noted in Business Certificate Programmes.

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• Researchers Want Drug Regulators to Relax Approval Process for Covid-19 Herbal Treatments

  2 Sep 2021, 19:55 Comments 426 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Science and technology Updates

  According to the researchers, the time needed to carry out trials to get approvals is too long given the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic. They argue herbs are part and partial of the African lifestyle and are safe.

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• COVID-19 Vaccination: African Countries Lagging Behind, 80% to Miss Global Target

  2 Sep 2021, 15:49 Comments 354 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  Data from WHO shows that only three countries; South Africa, Morocco and Tunisia have already met the target while two other countries, Seychelles and Comoros are on point. The countries doing well have been able to vaccinate many people by securing vaccines directly and not relying on donations

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• Traditional Healers Outnumber Medical Doctors by 35:1 in Uganda

  2 Sep 2021, 13:04 Comments 511 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Science and technology Updates

  Data from the health ministry shows that at the moment the patient healer ratio stands at one healer for every 700 hundred people. This is low compared to the one doctor, 25,000 patients ratio in regard to medical doctors

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