Mbale District Veterinary Officer, Dr. Philip Wekimwere announced the ban on livestock movement and its product in his September 3rd, 2019 letter to the Chief Administrative officer.
Grace Kiwanuka, the Executive Director of Uganda Healthcare Federation told Uganda Radio Network that having the scheme working could take us decades but the government needs to urgently inform the community that free healthcare is not tenable.
Dr. Emma Otto Omony, the DHO said they have resorted to training VHTs to go beyond the simple roles of educating people about nutrition and other prevention interventions to training them on how to detect signs of labor so that mothers dying or delivering unattended to is minimized.
Michael Ochwoo, the Gulu TASO Centre Manager, says the low adherence to treatment has led to a rise in the death toll among people living with HIV/Aids.
Dr Ekwaro Obuku warns that sponsored research sometimes tend to focus on the needs of the funder and not the population. He explains that a lot research has been done especially studies but they are never rolled out for general use.
The students, Esther Namanda, Paul Sentamu, Jeremiah Okumu and Richard Ssekitto are graduates of Bachelor Science in Nursing from Makerere University, who wanted to join the Medicine and Surgery Programme in year three.
Dr. Peter Charles Okori, the Principal Veterinary Officer Sironko district says traders are defying the quarantine restrictions that were imposed in the district last week.
Stephen Wakabi, the Stores Manager at Budaka Health center IV told URN that they are forced to look for drugs from lower health centers especially ARVs. Wakabi says in many cases, they ask the patients to buy drugs from outside and come with it for treatment.
In April, government donated 2 mortuary refrigerators to Masaka hospital at Shillings 70 million each. Dr. Onyachi has asked Masaka municipality to replace at the attendants in the municipal mortuary since those deployed by the hospital have relocated to the new facility.
