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Uganda to roll out first malaria vaccination in October

Tony Abet | January 24, 2024

The Health ministry intends to start vaccinating children against malaria late this year, a top official at the ministry told Daily Monitor on Monday. “Uganda has planned to begin (malaria vaccinations) in October. It is four doses at six, seven, eight and 18 months,” Dr Michael Baganizi, the head of […]

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Festive season: Govt distributes 30m condoms

Tony Abet | December 22, 2023

Uganda Aids Commission (UAC) said around 30 million condoms would be supplied during the festive season to all the 14,000 hotspots across the country where risky sexual activity happens. The Commission, which is also advising the population, especially young people to abstain from sex, said those who cannot control themselves […]

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NCHE sets new rules for university intake into medical school

Tony Abet | December 13, 2023

The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) has halted dual admissions into medical and health sciences programmes, saying each training institution should have only one intake a year to optimise the quality of graduates. However, Kampala International University (KIU), a private institution with three intakes a year (January,April and August), […]

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Labs protest directive on DNA paternity tests

Tony Abet | July 12, 2023

Operators of private laboratories have questioned the criteria the Ministry of Health used to zero down on only two laboratories to conduct Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) paternity testing in the country. Little Oak DNA testing laboratory, a Kampala-based private facility which has not been permitted to conduct the tests, said they […]

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President’s ban on charcoal draws mixed reactions

Tony Abet | May 25, 2023

President Museveni’s ban on charcoal business has drawn mixed reactions from environmentalists and the general public. In an executive order issued on May 19, 2023, but made public yesterday, the president banned charcoal burning business in northern and north western Uganda. The National Forestry Authority Executive Director Dr Tom Obong […]