Entebbe, 23rd September 2014:- The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) hosted a two-day intensive regional training on Filovirus Real Time RT-PCR assay for Ebola Virus detection aimed at strengthening the Emergin…
Read moreKampala August 2013 -- Uganda has successfully interrupted transmission of onchocerciasis (River Blindness) in 8 out of 18 localized areas (foci) endemic for the disease and is likely to eliminate it by 2020. Acc…
Read moreKampala August 2013 -- Uganda commemorated the World Breast Feeding Week (WBW) 2013 with a call to mothers to exclusively breastfeed their children for the first six months after birth irrespective of their HIV…
Read moreThe WHO Country Representative to Uganda, Dr. Wondemagegnehu Alemu, received on Friday, 21 June 2012, a team of consultants from EnCompass LLC (USA), who are in the country to evaluate the WHO Gates Africa Tobacco Contro…
Read moreAs a way of leading by example, WHO Country Office staff donated blood to the Uganda Blood Transfusion Service in commemoration of World Blood Donor day 2013. They were led by the WHO Country Representative Dr Wondima…
Read moreAt the request of the United Nations Resident Coordinator, a high level meeting was held with the new Minister of Health Dr Ruhakana Rugunda to discuss to the issues affecting the performance of the immunization program …
Read moreThe new WHO Representative to Uganda, Dr. Wondimagegnehu Alemu, presented his credentials to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda, Hon Sam Kutesa, at a brief ceremony held on Friday 14th June 20…
Read moreThe 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 …
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