The facility is being completed using part of the 2 Billion Shillings that the government allocated to them to fight COVID-19 in addition to a $200,000 donation from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) plus another $100,000 donation from the US Centers for Disease Control.
The vaccine is developed by the pharmaceutical company, Bharat Biotech. This makes it the eighth COVID-19 vaccine that has been given emergency use listing by WHO.
Since the notice of the industrial action was issued on August 6, the UMA leadership has met with officials from the ministry of health, finance and even the Prime Minister's office. However, days after the planned strike, it remains unclear whether their demands will be met. Current UMA leadership intimates that the fate of the strike lies in the hands of the incoming leaders
This week marks USAID’s 60th anniversary: Uganda has been a part of USAID’s journey, just as USAID has been a part of Uganda’s journey since the country’s independence.
