EAST AFRICA NEWS

AFRICA CDC OPTIMISTIC ABOUT UGANDA’S EBOLA OUTBREAK- AHMED OGWELL OUMA By Goodluck Musinguzi The Africa CDC’s acting Director, Ahmed Ogwell Ouma says Uganda has reached day 39 without recording any new case of ebola which shows the government’s excellent coordination of Ebola-containment measures. “The Ebola outbreak in Uganda is not …

PRESIDENT YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI COMMENDED OVER HIS SUCCESSFUL FIGHT AGAINST EBOLA AT US-AFRICA LEADERS’ SUMMIT By Goodluck Musinguzi Xavier Becerra, the Secretary for the US Department of health and human services, has commended President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda over his successful fight against Ebola. He used his leadership skills …

Will the US-Africa Summit Help  Africa and Africans or It’s for Countering China and Russia’s Influence? By Godwin Agaba The Biden Administration plans to invest at least $55 billion in Africa over the next three years. At the U.S.-Africa Business Forum, President Biden pledged $55 billion over 3 yrs to …

European NGOs in solidarity with Iranian Protestors By Our Correspondent A demonstration was organised in front of the European Commission in Brussels on December 13th, 2022 by several European organisations in solidarity with the people of  Iran. This follows the executions of the two young protestors and the Iran protests …

MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL ISOLATION UNIT: ONLY THREE PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE WHICH SHOWED CONTACT TRACING SAVES By Goodluck Musinguzi Hon Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health said Kampala City and the populous Wakiso district were saved from Ebola-Sudan due to the robust contact tracing. All contacts were hosted at Mulago …

By Goodluck Musinguzi Ministry of Health made available shs305 million to Kassanda district to facilitate members of the task force as they oversee the fight against Ebola. Dr Diana Atwine, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health sent the money on Friday, 14th October 2022 however the district council dragged on for …

UPDF Amplifies Greening Uganda Campaign With Local Governments To Promote Orchard Farming And Environmental Conservation The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has today partnered with the Local Governments of Manafwa and Mbale districts to promote orchard farming and environmental conservation in the Elgon Sub-region with support of fruits & indigenous …

BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2022 Uganda is one of the five countries with the highest level of treatment coverage for tuberculosis (TB), the World Health Organisation has confirmed in its latest report. It joins China, Bangaladesh, Brazil and Zambia in that small league of countries to have …

BY MARKO TAIBOT ADJUMANI: MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2022 South Sudan refugees in Adjumani district engaged in commercial farming in partnership with host communities have a means to the production of maize and cassava after they received a tractor from the Action Against Hunger (ACF). ACF under the Right to Grow Project …

BY MARKO TAIBOT ADJUMANI: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2022 The Adjumani district’s assistant health officer, Henry Lulu, has advised that the approach of identifying and diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) must be changed from people waiting to first fall sick to a deliberate information sharing and sensitization of the masses if the district …