The Ministry of Health has launched a community sensitisation exercise on garbage and waste sorting as part of efforts to improve hygiene, promote recycling and strengthen waste management. The exercise, launched at Kisaasi-Kulambiro in Kampala, is part of the national cleaning exercise scheduled for the end of every month. Speaking at the launch, Dr Diana…
The Bank of Uganda has handed over 17 patient monitors to the Ministry of Health as part of efforts to promote safe motherhood and reduce maternal and newborn deaths in hard-to-reach health facilities across the country. Speaking during the handover at the ministry headquarters in Kampala, Bank of Uganda secretary Susan Kanyemibwa said the donation…
The Ministry of Health permanent secretary, Dr Diana Atwine, has pledged to lobby parliament for increased funding to scale up efforts to prevent and manage sickle cell disease. Dr Atwine made the remarks on Febraury 9 during the launch of a nationwide mandatory newborn screening programme for sickle cell disease at the Ministry of Health…
Matia Lwanga Bwanika, the Wakiso district chairman, has called on senior government officials to improve their oversight of government projects and ensure accountability, particularly in Wakiso, where they undertake their duties. This directive was issued during a meeting organised to review the progress of work in the district, attended by senior government officials led by…
Diana Atwine, the permanent secretary in the ministry of Health has advised health workers affected by the 90-day suspension of USAID funds, to be “patriotic” and work as volunteers as the government works out modalities of integrating them into the health care system. In a scathing letter dated January 30, 2025 and addressed to staff…
The government has confirmed an outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SVD) in Kampala following positive test results from three National Reference Laboratories. The Permanent Secretary in the ministry of Health Dr. Diana Atwine, told journalists today that measures were being undertaken to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. She said a 32-year-old male…
