Tag: Vaccination

Tooro Succession Dispute Deepens as Ababiito Declare New King

The dispute now places Tooro at a delicate crossroads between customary authority and Uganda’s legal framework. Omusuuga Kamurasi has called for respect for tradition and the law, while President Museveni has called for peace and unity among the Batooro.

U.S. Announces More Than $150 Million in Support at Pacific Islands Forum

International

On commercial diplomacy, the United States is shifting assistance toward private-sector-led growth, including efforts with Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Taiwan to connect every Pacific Islands Forum country to a trusted undersea cable network. A second Pacific Investment Summit is scheduled to be hosted in early 2027.

Health

GOVERNMENT ROLLS OUT MEASLES CAMPAIGN TARGETING MILLIONS OF CHILDREN...

Government has announced a nationwide measles-rubella immunization campaign targeting millions of children, following a surge in infections that has...

Health

UPDF Troops Put on Alert as Mpox Cases Hit...

Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) personnel have been urged to maintain vigilance and adhere to preventive measures as the...

Health

Uganda Prisons Service Prioritizes Health with Ebola Sensitization and...

By combining these strategies, the UPS aims to empower its staff to protect themselves and their communities from the threat of infectious diseases.

Politics

Kabuleta: Economic Thinker who Places Faith above Empirical Data...

Putting in mind the above scenarios with undisputed data from reliable sources and the voices of the coffee farmers who they claim to be fighting for, after meeting Katikiro Charles Peter Mayiga, they shared that UCDA has not been of help to them as coffee farmers and that they should be left to embrace the president’s decision of rationalization.

Health

Uganda’s Health Ministry Calls for Vigilance as Two Monkeypox...

Mpox spreads through close contact with an infected person or animal or by handling materials that have been in contact with someone who has Mpox.

Science

Ugandan Scientists Develop Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine

The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries (MAAIF) has informed Parliament that the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO)...