Most people who work in the city didn't even know how this disease is spread, how one contracts it, or even how to prevent it. Paul Tumwesigye a Boda Boda rider, says that this disease is spread through eating on dirty utensils, especially from the downtown restaurants in which many people converge, adding that he devised other ways of having his lunch.
Dr. Jackson Orem, the Executive Director of Uganda Cancer Institute, says that until they have regional Centers where some patients can be attended to, they cannot turn away patients seeking treatment.
The money will be used for surveillance, response to alerts, awareness programs in the communities, and allowances for the district and task force officials.
On Tuesday, officials from NDA stormed Unyama Trading Center in Gulu City, following a tip-off that Akena had another clinic there. Abiaz Rwamwiri, NDA spokesperson said they found 50 more boxes of stolen medicines and medical supplies.
The disagreement, which has sucked in local leaders arises from the trio’s failure to harmonize their positions on the distribution of health facilities that the government earmarked for the district in this financial year.
