Health

The ministry of health says it has finalized plans to have health workers’ salaries increased. On Monday, health workers under the Uganda Medial Workers’ Union tasked government to increase their salary and have the highest paid getting Sh15 million while the least paid gets Sh1.5 million. The permanent secretary in […]

The three-day mass polio immunization campaign comes to an end today. The door-to-door exercise that kicked off on Saturday across the country was supported by the World Health Organisation at the cost of Sh4.9bn. It targeted all children below the age of five. The ministry of health spokesperson Rukia Nakamatte […]

Ministry of Health officials have today started a door-to-door immunization exercise against polio. The three -day country wide exercise supported by the World Health Organisation runs until Monday. The ministry’s Public Relations Officer Rukia Nakamatte says the health workers are working closely with village health teams targeting all children below […]

The Ministry of Health is set immunize 7.5m children against polio in a nationwide campaign that kicks off tomorrow. The state health minister in charge of Primary Health Care Sarah Opendi says the exercise that is funded by the WHO is expected to cost Shs14.9bn. She has told journalists that […]