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WHO officials talk to the health workers at Kasensero Health Center II

WHO supports the Government of Uganda to rapidly respond to COVID–19 at Kasensero Landing Site

Kampala, 2 September 2020:- Kasensero landing site located on the…
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Health workers going through the drills of donning and doffing Personal Protective Equipment during an outbreak of Marburg Hemorrhagic fever in Kapchorwa district, eastern Uganda in 2017.

How Previous Ebola Virus Disease Outbreaks Helped Uganda Respond to COVID-19 Outbreak

For many public health workers in Uganda, responding to disease…
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Health worker vaccinates a resident of Moyo District against Yellow Fever

Ministry of Health Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign targets 1.6 million lives in the West-Nile region of Uganda

Moyo, 20th August 2020:- Mr Mark Oguma Oguti and his daughter Claudia…
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  WHO Representative in Uganda, Dr Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam and KOICA Country Director, Mr. Kim Taeyoung upon signing the agreement to improve RMNCAH services in Busoga sub-region

The Government of South Korea and WHO extend support worth Ten Million Dollars towards Health System Strengthening for Improving Reproductive, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health-Service Delivery in Five districts in Busoga sub-region in Uganda

 Kampala 16th July 2020:- The South Korean government through its…
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COVID-19 Laboratory work at Mutukula Port Health Facility

Government of Denmark extends an additional One Million US Dollars towards the fight against COVID 19 in Uganda

KAMPALA, Uganda, 26 June 2020: The Government of Denmark, through the…
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UN staff participating in Kalerwe Market to commemorate an UN day 2018

United Nations Wellness Program helping UN staff and their families cope with the effects of global COVID-19 pandemic

Kampala, 26 June 2020:-The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic…
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WHO official conducts community engagement in one of the communities in Masaka district

Uganda to win or lose COVID-19 war in communities

17th June 2020: - It is a public health fact that in Uganda, the war…
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Dr Andrew Nsawotebba, head of the Mutukula Port Health Laboratory explains sample handling at the lad

Kasensero Presents yet Another Challenge to Uganda’s Public Health

Ms Sophia Tageya, a midwife at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, is…
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L:R- WHO Representative Dr Yonas Tegegn, Danish Ambasador in Uganda, H.E Nicolaj Petersen and UNFPA Representative Mr Alain Sibenaler at the grant signing ceremony

Denmark Supports Uganda’s COVID-19 Response with Two Million Dollars

Kampala, 19 May 2020: - The Government of Denmark has signed a grant…
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Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng interacts with health workers at Masaka Regional Hospital

Uganda commissions Port Health COVID-19 laboratory at the main Uganda-Tanzania border point

Mutukula, 19 May 2020: - The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng…
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