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21 December 2025, 7:26 pm
165 Community Health Extension Workers Graduate in Kitgum
By Otim Moses A total of 165 Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) have graduated in Kitgum District after completing a six-month training course at Kitgum Technical Institute, aimed at bridging the gap between communities and formal healthcare services. The training was supported by The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) in…
17 November 2025, 3:29 pm
Kitgum District Receives Second Cycle of Essential Drugs
By Otim Moses Kitgum District, through the Ministry of Health and the National Medical Stores (NMS), on Wednesday received the second quarter supply of essential drugs. The consignment will be distributed to all lower health facilities, including Health Centre IIs,…
17 November 2025, 3:18 pm
Palabek Students Lead the Way in Menstrual Hygiene, Rights Awareness
By Otim Moses Students of Palabek Ogili SS, in Lamwo District, are leading a powerful movement to break menstrual stigma and promote Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights – SRHR among adolescents. Through their Straight Talk Club, made up of 30…
7 May 2025, 11:17 am
UPDF troops sharpen life-saving skills in Somalia
By Otim Moses A total of seventy-nine Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) personnel serving under the United Nations Guard Unit (UNGU) in Somalia have completed the Battlefield Emergency First Aid (BEFA) training programme. The course, delivered by the United Nations…
1 May 2025, 5:01 pm
Essential drugs worth UGX 250 million delivered to Kitgum district
By Otim Moses Kitgum district on Wednesday received the fifth consignment of essential drugs worth UGX 250 million from the National Medical Stores. The consignment includes programme drugs for HIV and TB, anti-malarial medication, emergency medicines for sickle cell, as…
25 April 2025, 2:44 pm
Kitgum district records 3 additional suspected cholera cases
By Otim Moses The Kitgum District Health Department on Wednesday reported three additional suspected cases of cholera in Lobene East village, Lugwar parish, Labongo Akwang subcounty. The three new suspected cases are from the same polygamous family, headed by a…
26 March 2025, 5:38 pm
Intern doctor dies while on duty at St. Joseph’s Hospital
By Otim Moses Police in Kitgum district are investigating the sudden death of an intern doctor at St. Joseph’s Hospital – Kitgum. Dr. Abaho Rodgers, 38, reportedly died on Tuesday, 25 March 2025, at around 4:23 a.m. after presenting to…
20 January 2025, 5:03 pm
Lamwo district registers 8 new suspected cases of cholera
By Otim Moses Lamwo district on Sunday, January 19, 2025, registered eight new suspected cases of cholera, bringing the cumulative number of cases to 98 in the past 11 days since the outbreak was confirmed on January 7, 2025, in…
10 January 2025, 6:18 pm
27 hospitalised as cholera breaks out in Lamwo district
By Otim Moses A cholera outbreak has been confirmed in Lamwo district, and health officials have revealed that twenty-seven people were receiving treatment at Agoro Health Centre III by Friday morning. According to Dr Omoya Denish Ochula, the Lamwo District…
12 December 2024, 5:02 pm
NUYEN targets malaria, HIV, and TB prevention in Kitgum municipality
By Otim Moses Arapmoi The Northern Uganda Youths Empowerment Network (NUYEN), with funding from Global Funds and partners, is set to test 600 children and 400 pregnant women for malaria in Pafer and Central divisions of Kitgum municipality. Mr. Solomon…