By Stanley Ebele The suspension of USAID funding has created hug gaps in the treatment and management of TB, HIV and malaria in Kotido district health department. Almost all health facilities in the district depended on the USAID funding for the treatment…
By Bondry Kilenga Kotido District Health authorities have commenced the sensitization of communities ahead of the malaria vaccination campaign scheduled for April, 2025. On March 7, 2025, Uganda launched a malaria vaccination drive, with the first consignment of 2.7 million doses of…
Landlords in Kotido Municipality have been issued an ultimatum to build latrines in 90 days or face litigation or closure. The warning was issued on 7 February by the Health Inspector Kotido Municipality Callisto Awar in his written communication to specific landlords…
By Joseph Logola The newly constructed modern restrooms at Kotido Bus/Lorry Park, Kotido municipality, are finally open for public use, nearly two years after they were constructed. The newly constructed washroom at the Kotido park Constructed in early 2023, by Kotido municipality,…
By Jennifer Acheng Kotido district health authorities say they have heightened their surveillance system amid an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the country. The country recently registered an Ebola outbreak, with the first case discovered in Mulago hospital, a situation that…
By Stanley Ebele The Kotido Resident District Commissioner, Charles Ichogor, has declined to commission an OPD block at Panyangara Health Centre III due to poor workmanship. There are also questions about value for money allocated to the project. The block was built…
By Bondry Kilenga Health Officials at Kanawat Health center III in Kotido municipality are currently managing a 10-year-old boy who presented with Mpox like symptoms. Mpox, once known as monkeypox, is a viral infection closely related to smallpox. Initial symptoms include a fever, headache,…
By Jennifer Acheng Abim residents have expressed bitterness over the reported deplorable state of the only hospital available in the district The facility that receives over 300 patients a day has for months come under the spotlight for its poor state and…