Naija Gist - Latest

Coronavirus - Uganda: Commissioning of Mobile Laboratories for Covid-19-Response in Uganda – Germany, Uganda and the EAC expand Cooperation in Fight against Pandemic

The East African Community (EAC) has handed over two mobile laboratories to the Government of Uganda in an effort to increase diagnostic capacities for COVID-19. The laboratories are part of a German ...
Naija Gist - Latest

Coronavirus - Uganda: How Previous Ebola Virus Disease Outbreaks Helped Uganda Respond to COVID-19 Outbreak

Uganda has had four Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreaks in 2,000, 2014, 2017 and 2018. The biggest and most deadly was in 2000 that registered 425 cases and 224 deaths. In between, the country has ...
UNHCR

COVID-19 poses a major threat to the life and welfare of refugees in Uganda

“While the pandemic has affected all communities, refugees have been hit particularly hard. With a second COVID-19 wave in full swing in Uganda, I am very concerned that the living conditions of ...
EurekAlert!

New study shows Ugandan women reduced psychological distress and increased coping using Transcendental Meditation after COVID-19 lockdown

A peer reviewed, randomized controlled study with 199 women living in poverty in the city slums of Uganda was published today ...
WXYZ

Uganda Olympic team member tests positive for coronavirus

TOKYO (AP) — A member of Uganda’s Olympic team has tested positive for the coronavirus and was barred entry into Japan, in the first detected infection among arriving athletes for the Tokyo Games ...