The Global Fund recently approved Uganda COVID 19 Response Mechanism for Uganda. A total of US$28,950,087 was approved as additional investments for the country’s COVID-19 response. This brings Uganda’s total Covid 19 response mechanism award to $207,747,685. The...
Health Minister urges district leadership to guard against wastage
Health Minister, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has said the Health Ministry will not sit by and watch its partners’ and Government’s resources go to waste. The minister said this at the handover ceremony of 50 motorcycles to districts and the commissioning of the first mobile...
Global Fund plans additional Covid 19 Response Mechanism financing
The Global Fund’s COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM) recently said it would award additional funding to respond to urgent needs to reinforce the COVID-19 response through a Fasttrack modality. According to a letter written by the Global Fund on February 16, the...
COVID-19 donations: Ministry of health receives 160 medical oxygen cylinders from ABSA bank Uganda
The minister of health, Dr. Jane Ruth Acheng has today received 160 medical oxygen cylinders with their accessories from AbSA bank in a handover ceremony that took place at Ministry of Health headquarters.
Uganda launches the COVID-19 vaccination campaign
Uganda joined the rest of the world to launch the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign at Mulago Women and Neonatal Hospital in Kampala, where over 300 individuals were vaccinated against COVID-19 using the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of...