Ministry of health has told members of parliament that there is a deficit of 11.8 million doses of vaccines for the first phase of Hepatitis B National Vaccination program in the 39 districts of Northern and Eastern Uganda. Making a presentation before the parliamentary committee on Health, the Director General Health services Dr. Anthony Mbonye […]
Maracha County Member of Parliament, Denis Lee Oguzu, has asked government to come to the rescue of the people of Maracha districtfrom hepatitis B as soon as possible. Speaking to journalists at parliament today, Oguzu said the disease is widely spread in the district and that many persons are suffering from it yet testing kits […]
The ministry for health warned health workers in West Nile against selling drugs meant for testing and vaccinating people against Hepatitis B. The warning came after Moyo woman MP Ann Auru told parliament that some health workers in her district are charging people shs 3000 to carry out tests on them about this disease. However, health […]
Doctors in connivance with some leaders in Tororo Hospital have stolen Hepatitis B Vaccines meant for the immunization of the ongoing mass immunization of adults against the killer disease. According to the ongoing investigations by the Health Monitoring unit the Hepatitis B Vaccines were stolen from Tororo hospital by a string of High profile staff at the hospital and […]
The minister of state for health Dr. Chris Baryomunsi says 33875 Ugandans already screened for Hepatitis B and 3130 tested positive. He says that the 10 billion shillings provided is not enough compared to the magnitude of the disease, calling for additional funds towards scaling down Hepatitis B since there are 3 million people at risk […]
Parliament has demanded government explain the whereabouts of 10 billion shillings which was given to the Ministry of health to fight Hepatitis B. The directive was issued by the speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga while presiding over parliament sitting. This came after members of parliament have expressed concern over the increasing cases of Hepatitis B in the […]
Ministry of Health seeks for Ushs 450 billion to carry out an integrated house to house testing for HIV and Aids, Malaria and hepatitis B in the whole Country to establish how many people have these sicknesses. The campaign will target those people aged 14 years and above as well as the Children at risk […]
Children bellow five years in Uganda received extra doses of oral polio vaccine even if they had already been immunized and children aged six months to 59 months received measles vaccine irrespective of the previous immunization status and vitamin A supplementation. The Mister for health Christine Androa says that it’s now a policy in […]