By Lazaro Apunyo The community of Moroto district and Municipality have expressed growing concern over absence of functional X-ray and Ultrasound machines, which has exacerbated their health access challenges. This critical gap in diagnostic equipment according to them, has left thousands of…
By Admin Despite Uganda’s public debt stock hitting Shs116.2 trillion (USD 32.3 billion) as of June 2025, accounting for 51.3 per cent of the country’s GDP, the Parliamentary Committee on the National Economy has approved a government request to borrow Shs772 billion. The…
By Stanley Ebele The Kotido Resident District Commissioner, Charles Ichogor, has issued a stern warning to health workers against extorting money from patients or their families for ambulance services. He made the warning on Thursday July 10, 2025, during the handover of…
By Stanley Ebele The dilemma of referring expectant mothers and other critically sick patients for further medical attention in Kotido district due to lack of ambulance could now be history. This follows the arrival of a state-of the-art Toyota Land Cruiser Ambulance…
Uganda has officially declared the end of its latest Ebola outbreak months after the first cases emerged in the capital, Kampala. The Ministry of Health announced the milestone on Saturday via its official X account, calling it “good news” and confirming that 42…
By Stanly Ebele The ministry of Health has launched the upgrade of Lokori Health Centre II to Health Centre III in Karenga District in a bid to take improved health service delivery to the people. This aligns with the government’s policy of…
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…
By Jeniffer Acheng The Kotido District Senior Health Inspector, Tonny Achuma courts communities to exercise extra caution when buying food items in the open markets for their own safety. This comes in the wake of cassava poisoning report that left a minor…