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Disease surveillance up amid an influx of people from cholera-hit DRC and South SudanANALYSIS | JOHN AGABA | Dr Denis Ocula needed a strategy. Cholera had killed a woman and infected an additional 106 ...
Uganda strengthens border health amid ongoing threats Health | AGENCIES | Uganda’s borders have always been busy and ...
Some of the goods, which dominated informal trade in Uganda are maize, beans, fish, fruits, bananas, eggs, onions, cattle and tomatoes ...
The Red Cross is digitising its processes to enhance its humanitarian efforts in Uganda. The Uganda Red Cross Society's (URCS) programme has been so successful that the aid agency plans to replicate ...
The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) has urged the government to make first aid training compulsory, particularly for drivers and motorcycle riders as a strategic move to reduce road accidents linked ...
The Uganda Red Cross Society has today dispatched the first consignment of non-food relief items to assist the people of Kalangala, who were impacted by a storm on Saturday, March 15, 2025. This ...
The International Federation of the Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched an Emergency Appeal for 6 million Swiss francs to help contain Uganda's eighth Ebola outbreak since 2000 ...
The Uganda Red Cross Society and Luwero District Health Department have deployed 25 volunteers to beef up efforts to contain the spread of monkeypox, in the area. Luwero district confirmed its first ...
As the country faces increasing threats from climate-related disasters, epidemics, and other crises, the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) has revealed it needs Shs63.1 billion to boost its response ...
Uganda Red Cross has said it will need at least shs177 billion to fund its humanitarian activities next year.
The death toll from landslides that hit several villages in eastern Uganda rose to 20, with more than 100 still unaccounted for, the Red Cross said Friday.