Fort Portal, Kasese Residents Develop Complications After Eating Grasshoppers
By Sylvia Residents of Fort Portal city, Kabarole and Kasese, are concerned about the developed complications after eating the November grasshoppers also locally known as Nsenene, a nutritious delicacy in Uganda. About Grasshoppers In Uganda, Grasshoppers come out from the ground when rain is too much, months of may and November. At each […]
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Sickel Cells Worryingly Increasing, Couples Advised to Test
By Sylvia Amina Kakwezi a sickler who has lived to celebrate her 26th birthday. She narrates that her parents were able to detect the disease as early as six [6]months which helped her get enough attention and the care she deserved. She surmises some parents do not mind to know about the disease, which […]
Continue ReadingEBOLA: Link Bus Impounded, Three Arrested
LUCKY PATRICK The territorial police in Kassanda have impounded link bus registration number UBE 535H at Kigarama stage, Myanzi Sub County in Kassanda district. ASP Racheal Kawala, the Wamala Region Police Spokesperson, has established that the bus was impounded on Monday. “The preliminary facts indicate on 17/10/2022 at about 0600hours, Link bus […]
Continue ReadingMubende, Kasanda Ebola Lockdown: Fort Portal Still Safe
Kabooha Health authorities from Fort Portal Tourism City have confirmed that there is no Ebola patient at Fort Portal Regional Referral hospital Buhinga as of today October 17, 2022. The revelation, comes two days after president Yoweri Museveni announced a lockdown in Mubende and Kasanda districts, the epicenter of Ebola virus that has […]
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Fort Portal City Wants 900M to Fight Ebola
By Sylvia. Following the Ebola outbreak in central Uganda Mubende district, the Fort Portal regional referral hospital-FPRRH administration has put strict measures to be followed by every person intending to enter the hospital. The hospital has also reportedly isolated a patient spotted with Ebola-like symptoms and signs at the facility. The suspect […]
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Ebola surveillance heightened in Bundibugyo district
Kabooha Authorities in Bundibugyo district ,have heightened surveillance activities to curb the spread of Ebola disease after it was announced in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. Residents have been warned against unnecessary movements across the common border following the resurgence of the deadly Ebola virus in DR Congo Uganda at […]
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Njara P/S Cordially Awaits Sanitary Towel Support From Rwenzori Aid
Kabooha Njara primary school has revealed a willingness to welcome support towards improving the health and sanitation of their school as promised by Rwenzori Aid a non-government organization. Based in Rwengoma Fort Portal City, Rwenzori Aid launched a football tournament dubbed Cooperate Games For WASH 2022, that has attracted more than 30 […]
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Nutritionist Bwambale Warns on Increased Malnutrition, Recommends Balanced Diet
Lucky Dr. Bernard Bwambale a Nutritionist at Kabarole Research Center, says malnutrition in Tooro region is pausing a serious threat and concern. Bwambale, has cited Fort Portal Regional referral hospital, which has admitted a total of 358 children suffering from under nutrition, in a short period of June to July this year. […]
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Kabarole District Registers An Increase In Malaria Fever
Sylvia Kugonza Leaders in Kabarole district are worried over the high malaria positive reports at their health facilities. Current statistics indicate that malaria positivity rate for the district, year 2021/2022 stands at 33.3% ; a figure that is alarming compared to the national target of 7%. In her presentation during the […]
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