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The Ministry of Health has confirmed 21 new cases of COVID-19, the highest registered in a day since the outbreak of the virus in Uganda. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases to 160 in the country. “All the new cases are…

The confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in Uganda more than doubled within two days after hitting the 30 mark on Saturday. On Friday, the confirmed cases moved from 14 to 18, before jumping to 23. On Saturday night, the…

The Health Ministry, Permanent Secretary, Dr. Diana Atwine and the Under Secretary, Ronald Ssegawa yesterday recorded statements with the Criminal Investigations Department for the unlawful expenditure of Shillings 6 billion. The duo was…

The Ministry of Health will this month immunize children below 15 years against measles and rubella, Minister Sarah Opendi has said. Opendi was responding to a matter of national importance raised by the Mityana South MP, Hon. Henry…

The Committee on Health is concerned that the Ministry of Health is interfering with the recruitment process carried out by the  Health Service Commission, a body charged with recruitment in the sector. Legislators on the committee said…

The Ministry of Health has received the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who came to assess Uganda’s response to the current Ebola outbreak in Kasese District, Western Uganda last week.…

Following news of the arrest of five people, including a local journalist's wife, in Kampala on Thursday, a Police statement seen by the Nile Wires. According to the statement, security agencies were notified of a group of people "who…

Plascon Uganda launches the world's first anti-mosquito paint with the goal of supporting Uganda's efforts of being malaria-free by 2021. Chris Nugent, Managing Director, Kansai Plascon Uganda: "This is the first anti-mosquito paint in…

The UPDF Chief Political Commissar Brig Henry Masiko has appealed to residents in Kitgum district to invest in prevention against diseases other than treatment. He explained that mechanisms that prevent diseases are much cheaper than the…