Uganda News

Kampala, 16th April 2013 -- Uganda formally commemorated World Health Day 2013 with a national function held in Budaka district, Eastern Uganda. The commemoration under the theme “High Blood Pressure: A silent killer” was presided over by the Minister of Health Dr Christine Ondoa.

Kampala, 22 January 2013: As the third annual African Vaccination Week (AVW) got under way today in all of Africa Region’s countries, Uganda launched its beginning by holding a media briefing announcing the region’s intensified vaccination activities to protect children against diseases.

A launch media event was held in Kampala with the participation of Minister of State (Primary Health Care) Honourable Sarah Opendi Aceng, the World Health Organization Representative for Uganda, Dr Wondimagegnehu Alemu and other Ministry of Health officials. 

Kampala – The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, The Right Hon.  Alintuma Rebecca Kadaga on Wednesday officially launched the 2013 edition of the African Vaccination Week with a call on leaders to prioritize vaccination in order to save lives and promote health.

“Fellow leaders at all levels, health workers, parents, caretakers and communities should make the reversal of high number of unimmunized children our utmost priority this year”, Hon. Kadaga said at the regional launch organized at Kamuli district in eastern Uganda.

Uganda’s State Minister for Health (Primary Health Care) Hon Sarah AcengOpendi made an appealed to the Ugandan media to partner with government to sensitize communities on the benefits of immunization to help reduce the large numbers of unimmunized children in the country.

Speaking at a media advocacy breakfast meeting to commemorate African Vaccination Week and to announce the impending launch of the Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Hon Opendi commended the media for playing an important role in and development of the country.

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Kampala 30th April 2013 -- The Minister of Health Hon Dr Christine Ondoa inaugurated the working group on food fortification that will support advocacy, social mobilisation, promotion of increased production of good quality fortified products and nurturing an enabling environment for food fortification in Uganda.

Kampala, 6th May 2013 -- Uganda has developed a Comprehensive Road Safety Road Map as one of the ways to achieve a 50% reduction in road traffic accident death by 2020 recommended by the UN Resolution on Decade of Action for Road Safety.

According to the Minister of State for Works and Transport Hon Stephen Chebrot, the Road map, implemented under his ministry will guide actions, investment and plans for reducing road traffic accidents.

The President of the Republic of Uganda His Excellency General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has praised the World Health Organisation for the support given to the country over the years.

“I thank WHO because they have always been with us in all these struggles,” said the President as he officially launched the distribution of Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (LLINs) during the commemoration of the 6th World Malaria Day held at Soroti Sports ground on 10th May 2013.

Uganda joined the rest of the world to commemorate World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) on 31st May 2013 under the theme: “Ban All Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and sponsorship”.

The commemoration marks 26 years since the declaration by WHO to observe a “World No Tobacco Day” once annually. It also marks 10 years since Nations unanimously adopted the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).

The WHO Country Representative Dr Wondimagegnehu Alemu on Monday made a courtesy visit to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) at the US Embassy in Kampala.

Dr Alemu was received by Ms Leslie Reed the Director of the USAID Mission in Uganda. In her welcome remarks, Ms Reed thanked WHO for the excellent work done in the health sector and also briefed him on the various health programmes supported by USAID in Uganda.