Dr Elizabeth Kasirye, preventive healthcare specialist at the Ministry of HealthBY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA CITY: TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2025 Dr Elizabeth Kasirye, a preventive healthcare specialist at the Ministry of health, says people must not wait to first fall sick and then seek medical attention. “Embrace preventive care programs like …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA CITY: FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2025 Tuberculosis and leprosy are two diseases which when left to advance to later stages are often confused with witchcraft, leading to further spread of infections and deaths due to poor handling. As a result, Dr Alex Odama Alidria, the regional head …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2025 Dr John Omagino, the director of the Uganda heart institute has sounded warning about the rising incidences of non-communicable disease in the country, warning the they have become the monster that is killing people. Non-communicable diseases cannot be passed onto another person unless …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: MONDAY, MAY 26, 2025 At the time Charles Asiki became the Mayor in 2006, the then Arua Municipality was a cholera endemic and filthy urban center. Mountains of garbage became permanent features of the town’s landscape, wooden kiosks littered the urban center without corresponding latrines that …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI YUMBE: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Siraj Baguma, the health center in charge says he is unaware of why funding has dried up, but reliable sources say that the project was not well coordinated between the Yumbe district and the Ministry of health. As such …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU, GEOFFREY ANGUPALE AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI TEREGO: FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2025 There is mix of anticipation and excitement among the residents of Anufira parish in Omugo sub-county, Terego district as the long delayed construction of the Mount Wati Health Center III nears completion. The residents are elated that …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU & MUSINGUZI GOODLUCK THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2025 Given the challenge of high rate of morbidity and mortality due to malaria, a health official has appealed to the public to stick to the schedule for vaccination. “The vaccine does not completely prevent malaria but it can prevent severe …
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A section of the emergence call and dispatch center in Arua BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND MUSINGUZI GOODLUCK Monday, January 20, 2025 When the Ministry of Health of Uganda took a bold step to stop importation of Covid-19 …
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The Barakala health center complex is edging towards completion BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI YUMBE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2024 The construction works should have ended by June 2024 but Barakala Health center’s Outpatients department and office block complex is still unfinished. Siraj Baguma, the health center in-charge says that …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI YUMBE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2024 Technicians have began assembling equipment at Kochi health centre III in Yumbe district, expected to be a game changer in enhancing maternal health. This follows the completion of a sh1.9 b Word Bank funded project that included the construction …
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