Browsing: Ministry of Health
KAMPALA, Uganda — The Ministry of Health has officially launched the National Mandatory Newborn Screening Programme for Sickle Cell Disease, a landmark initiative aimed at…
NAIROBI, Kenya — More than 20 Congolese medical practitioners working in Kenya have filed a legal challenge at the High Court in Nairobi, seeking to…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Health authorities in Uganda have confirmed that the death toll from a measles outbreak in the country’s semi-arid northeastern region has risen…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Africa is grappling with its most severe cholera outbreak in more than two decades, with cases reported this year surging to three…
IGANGA, Uganda — The Ministry of Health has officially launched the third and final phase of its comprehensive Yellow Fever mass vaccination campaign, targeting approximately…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Social Health Authority (SHA) has suspended an additional 45 health facilities for defrauding the health system, bringing the total number of…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Central Organization of Trade Unions of Kenya (COTU-K) has urged the government to grant the Social Health Authority (SHA) full control…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Ministry of Health, through the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB), has issued a public advisory cautioning against the off-label use of…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Ministry of Health has announced the successful completion of its nationwide Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) and Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign, reaching…
KAMPALA, Uganda — All newly born babies across Uganda are soon to receive an additional vital vaccine, as the Ministry of Health prepares for a…