Uganda Baati Limited a member of SAFAL Group, has launched a second medical facility, Uganda Baati Medical Clinic-Tororo, as a flagship healthcare initiative, aimed at providing first-class primary healthcare to company staff and the community, at a significantly subsidized cost. It is one way that Uganda Baati gives back to the community around its business operations and the country at large. Uganda Baati Medical Clinic is a community not-for-profit clinic, started in June 2006, within the premises of the company in Kampala where the company has a fully-fledged community health facility at Mulwana Road. The main objective is to offer…
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Parliament has approved a US$70 million loan for the construction of a state of the art facility to house the Uganda Heart institute. A loan request brought by government to collectively borrow US$70 million from the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa, Saudi Fund for Development and the Opec Fund for International Development sailed through following unanimous approval from Members of Parliament. Parliament’s Committee on National Economy scrutinized the loan request and approved it with recommendations. “…the committee therefore, recommends that the request by government to borrow [up to $70 million] for the construction and equipping of the Uganda…
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Biolitec, one of the world’s leading companies in the field of laser medicine, in partnership with healthcare providers in Uganda recently carried out Demo laser surgeries (Minimal assess surgeries) to enhance patient experience and introduce new treatment options for different conditions. The demo surgeries were intended to equip the surgeons with the necessary knowledge and confidence to take on this new world of technology and use it to therapeutically transform lives of Ugandans. The surgeries that ran from Monday May 9 till May 12, 2022 included; Endovenous Laser Vein Ablation (ELVeS) for the treatment of Varicose Veins; Laser Hemorrhoidolplasty (LHP),…
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In an effort to boost maternal and child health care, MTN Foundation has today handed over a newly refurbished and equipped maternity theatre and ward to the Karugutu health centre IV in Ntoroko district. Karugutu health centre IV is a government-owned facility which serves a catchment population of 27,000 people in the western region of Uganda. According to Fredrick Kahuma, the hospital incharge of Karugutu health centre IV, there was a dire need for renovation of the dilapidated structures especially in the maternity theater which affected service delivery. “The theater lacked properly functioning equipment to carry out some surgical procedures,…
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The Nile Breweries Vaccination drive dubbed “Play Your Part” has seen 20,065 vaccinated in 26 districts around Uganda, greatly surpassing the targeted 10,000 by 100% . The stationery drive was concluded this weekend in Fortportal during the Eyooto Ha Mpango festival where 1050 residents of the district were vaccinated bringing the total number vaccinated in Fortportal to 2200, the second highest after Masaka 2510. Commiting about the drive, the Assistant District Health Officer of Masaka Joyce Namasinga said: “ We appreciate your great mobilisation for the masses and facilitation of the medical teams. We have never vaccinated this many people…
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Nile Breweries Limited (NBL) has registered a record turn up for the just concluded mass COVID-19 vaccination drive that was conducted in selected district around the country. The two-day drive held on 4th & 5th November, targeted up to 10,000 frontline and vulnerable categories of people, among whom were bar workers, a critical value chain of NBL. However, by the end of the exercise, a total of 14,404 were vaccinated with Masaka registering the highest turn up at 1,197 for Day one and 1,540 on Day Two. Joyce Namasinga, the Assistant Distrcit Health Officer for Masaka City lauded NBL for…
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Ecobank Uganda, a member of the leading pan-African banking group, the Ecobank Group, is celebrating the ninth annual Ecobank Day, its flagship corporate and social responsibility annual event that ‘gives back’ to the local communities across Africa. This year, Ecobank Day will be held with the theme ‘Mental Health – Time to Talk and Act!’. It marks the final stage of Ecobank’s three-year campaign to raise awareness and help prevent Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). The events for the 2021 Ecobank Day will be held mostly virtually, to ensure continued safety from Covid-19. At Ecobank Uganda, activities and initiatives for Ecobank Day…
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Stanbic Bank has signed a partnership with the Ministry of Health which will see the bank offer a range of low interest loans to government health workers across the country. The loans range from personal unsecured salary loans to secured loans, mortgages, vehicle and asset financing loans (VAF), said Anne Juuko, Stanbic Bank Chief Executive at the launch of the partnership event held at the Ministry of Health Headquarters in Kampala on October 18, 2021. Health workers (government) will be entitled to open an everyday banking account which attracts no monthly charges. However, workers with existing and different accounts in…
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On Saturday the 16th of October, 2,814 people got vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Kololo Independence Grounds, the biggest number to be achieved from a single location in a single day. Of these, 2,483 received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine while 331 received their second jab of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The vaccination drive, dubbed “Fenna Tugemebwe”, is a brainchild of Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) under its Raising The Bar program, which saw the brewer partner with the Ministry of Health, the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, SafeBoda and several other public and private sector players….
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Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) in partnership with Coca-Cola Uganda have partnered with Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), NICE-UG and the Ministry of Health to host the first ever mass COVID-19 vaccination event. The event will be held at Kololo Airstrip on Saturday, 16th October, 2021 from 9AM to 5PM. “Our priority is to increase accessibility to COVID-19 vaccines making it as convenient as possible for people to get vaccinated. We have witnessed an overwhelming response from the public since we extended vaccination to hospitality venues. This event will be on a Saturday and will enable those who need to receive…
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