Dr. Diana Atwiine Archives – CEO East Africa

Airtel revives hope for expectant mothers in Bukwo District through mobile ultrasound scan

CEO ReporterCompany NewsJuly 24, 2021July 24, 2021

As a way of enhancing safe motherhood, Airtel Uganda recently donated a mobile ultrasound scan to Bukwo District. The donated mobile ultra-scan is portable and power efficient making it possible for health workers to access patients wherever they are thus reducing risk and the transport burden on patients. The scan is a portable handheld scanner that can be connected to a laptop to provide a clear image of the state of the pregnancy from the comfort of one’s home or even at a hospital. Doctor Innocent Menyo, a Medical Imaging Technologist, Team leader and Co-founder of M-SCAN Solutions, has observed…

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Airtel Uganda makes UGX1.25 billion cash donation to Covid-19 fight

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsApril 29, 2020April 29, 2020

Airtel Uganda today confirmed that it has contributed UGX1.25 billion (approximately USD328,400) to Uganda’s Ministry of Health, primarily to support health workers on the frontline in the battle against COVID-19. “As the number of confirmed cases in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) updates multiple times a day, health workers continue to fight the outbreak on the front lines and this puts them at risk of contracting the virus due to their proximity to the most severe cases,” read the company statement released today. “Airtel Uganda recognizes that without an influx of urgently needed protective equipment, more healthcare workers may fall…

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VOTE OF CONFIDENCE: 80% of Ugandans confident about gov’t efforts to stop Covid-19 spread

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryApril 28, 2020April 28, 2020

80per cent of Ugandans who took part in a Geopoll Survey say the government has done enough to stop Covid-19 spread. The survey, titled: Coronavirus in Sub-Saharan Africa; how Africans in 12 nations are responding to the Covid-19 outbreak, was done by Geopoll, one of the largest global research firms. The survey was done between 2nd – April 9th, 2020, in 12 countries, including Uganda. Others are Benin, Côte D’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia. The study was done amongst people of 16 years and above, out of whom 46 per…

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Sanlam Uganda donates UGX285 million to national anti-Covid-19 taskforce

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsApril 14, 2020April 14, 2020

Kampala, 14 April 2020 – Insurance and financial services provider, Sanlam Uganda, has donated UGX285 million (US$75,000) to the Government of Uganda’s National Response Fund for COVID-19. The fund was set up to help combat the global pandemic and its effects on the country. Sanlam Uganda is an umbrella brand that comprises Sanlam General Insurance Uganda, Sanlam Life Insurance Uganda and Sanlam Investments East Africa Ltd. The financial contribution, which was donated by the three companies as part of their Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programme, will go towards the purchase of protective wear for frontline health workers, including face masks,…

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