Uganda News

Kampala, 20th January 2014:- Uganda has received the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) after meeting all the standards set by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Global Vaccine Initiative (GAVI). The vaccine is now ready for distribution to private and public health facilities in 94 out of the 112 districts of the country.

Kampala, 29th January, 2014:- The WHO Country Representative for Uganda Dr Wondimagegnehu Alemu visited the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) and the Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) to acquaint himself with their operations. It was his first official visit to the two centres since his arrival in the country eight months ago.

Kampala, 07th February 2014 -- Uganda’s National Drug Authority (NDA) has changed its drugs testing strategy from mandatory testing of selected drugs to a risk-based approach. In this approach, only drugs from manufacturers that are not prequalified by the World Health Organization are subjected to mandatory testing.

Kampala, 6th March 2014 -- The Minister of Health Dr Ruhakana Rugunda signed the World Health Organization Programme Budget (2014-2015) for Uganda that seeks to support the Ministry of Health fully implement the Health Sector Strategic and Investment Plan (HSSIP II). The signing signifies agreement and consent for both The Government of Uganda and WHO to work and support areas detailed in progamme document over a period of two years.

Kampala, 13th March 2014: The World Health Organization (WHO) Representative for Uganda, Dr. Wondimagegnehu Alemu visited the First Lady of Uganda Mrs. Janet Museveni at her office in Kampala.

Kampala, 7th March 2014 -- The Director General of Health Services and Country Representatives of WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF and CDC recently held an informal high-level lunchtime discussion on strengthening the Community Health work in Uganda.

Kampala, 14th March 2014 -- The World Health Organization Representative for Uganda, Dr. Wondimagegnehu Alemu visited the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in Entebbe and commended the staff on their excellent work. UVRI is a national centre of excellence for viral diagnostics, surveillance, and research.

Kampala, 12th May 2014 - The United Nations Country Team in Uganda working through the World Health Organization is collaborating with Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (UBTS) to increase blood collection capacity and availability especially in Northern Uganda.

Beatrice Awar (17) is typical Ugandan teenager, full of life, ambition and grand dreams about a comfortable future. 

As she prepares the millet supper for the family one evening, Beatrice, who is in Senior 2 at Progress Academy, Abim Town Council in northern Uganda shares her dream.

“I want to be a nurse; God help me. I should know sciences and I should remain prayerful and protect myself from boys. I want to avoid early pregnancy and HIV” she says. 

Entebbe, 18th June 2014:- In Uganda, 62% of Gender Based Violence (GBV) is by intimate partners and largely affects women between the ages of 15 to 49.  The Uganda Health and Demographic Survey (UDHS) of 2011 showed that 63% of the women in Uganda had experienced physical or sexual violence or both in their lives.

GVB acts such as battering, rape, defilement, sexual harassment, Female Genital Mutilation, forced marriages; widow inheritance and verbal abuse among others are too prevalent and lead to serious health consequences especially for women and girls.