The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has asked the Ministry of Health to come up with a strategy on a countrywide spraying against mosquitoes so as to eliminate malaria in order to save lives and reduce the high costs of treating malaria.“I want you (Minister of Health, Dr. Ruth Aceng) and World Health Organisation (WHO) to […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tuesday commissioned a diagnostic test kit manufacturing plant, the first of its kind in the Great Lakes region.Situated in Ntinda, Nakawa Division, Kampala, the state of the art plant, Microhaem Scientifics (MHS) will support Uganda and the regional health sectors to develop local manufacturing capacity towards improving and sustaining the medical […]
A state-of-the-art diagnostic test kits manufacturing plant will on November 28 be launched in Ntinda by President Yoweri Museveni. The much-needed facility is owned by Microhaem Scientifics (MHS). Microhaem Scientifics is being supported by partners from China and the United States. The project has received approval from the Uganda National Drug Authority. It also meets […]
President Yoweri Museveni has challenged local scientists to fast-track the development of the HIV/AIDS vaccine. “It’s good that you are waking up, and we must get the vaccine,” he noted.The President made the remarks during the Joint Clinical Research Center (JCRC) 30th Anniversary celebrations held at the centre’s headquarters in Lubowa, along Entebbe Road, Wakiso […]
