The Ministry of Health has clarified that there is no harm in consuming grasshoppers that are currently being harvested from districts that were placed under quarantine last year due to the Ebola virus outbreak. In an interview, Dr. Allan Niyonzima, the Commissioner for Integrated Epidemiology Surveillance and Public Health Emergencies […]
The Ministry of Health is set to introduce Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) where each of the staff across a number of district and referral hospitals will be rated by their supervisors against their key outputs on a quarterly basis. This follows the ministry’s top management supervision visits made across a […]
By Priscilla Maloba The Ministry of Health has banned Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) paternity relationship testing centres from advertising their services. According to the ministry, any DNA centre that will be found advertising its services will have its licence revoked. “There should not be any form of advertising or promotion of […]
The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners has organised the national self-care awareness month commemorated to implement self-care interventions in Uganda. Speaking at the national self-care awareness month celebrations held at Angwecibange Primary School Ground in Dokolo district, the Director Curativel Services at […]
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 […]
