🚨 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐒 🚨 The shortlists are now out for candidates who sat the Aptitude Tests under: - HSC External Advert No.1 (February 2026) - Children’s Surgical Hospital, Entebbe External Advert 📌 Dates for Oral Interviews will be communicated soon. Stay tuned for updates!

In Memory of Dr. Mathew Lukwiya In his final hours, he spoke to Sister Apio Anyai Angioletta, the paediatric nurse who had known him for years. She would later remember his exact words. "Sister, things are worsening. I have tried to fight. The battle is almost over. Now I am seeing that I am also going. The time has come for me to go. That I know. I am going. But if I go, I will be at the doorway. Nobody is going to die now. I will tell my God that enough is enough." Then he began to sing a hymn about war. Everyone in the room broke down. Sister Apio replied, "No, doctor, it will not be like that." But it was. On December 4th his breathing briefly stabilised. Later that evening his lungs began to haemorrhage. He died at 1:20am on December 5th, 2000. He was buried at 4pm the same day. The coffin was sprayed with Jik bleach as it was lowered. Margaret asked if she could see him one last time and was refused. The body was considered too infectious. He was placed in a grave he had chosen himself while he was dying, at the Grotto inside the hospital grounds, beside Dr. Lucille Teasdale and later Piero Corti. Teasdale had died in 1996 of AIDS, contracted while operating on an HIV-positive patient. The student was buried beside his mentors. And then something extraordinary happened. After Lukwiya's death, every remaining Ebola patient at Lacor survived. Not another single person died at the hospital. Sister Apio remembered the promise he had made on his deathbed: "I will tell my God that enough is enough." It is the kind of detail you would not believe if you read it in a novel. By the time the WHO declared Uganda Ebola-free on February 6th, 2001, 425 confirmed and probable cases had been recorded, and 224 Ugandans had died, including thirteen health workers from Lacor alone. The survival rate during the outbreak was nearly 50%, compared to as low as 10% in previous African outbreaks, largely because of the systems Lukwiya had built before anyone else even knew what was happening. This is what the mainstream story leaves out. The intern who refused a teaching job in England. The doctor who walked into the bush instead of the nuns. The administrator who turned the hospital into a shelter for nine thousand people, most of them children, every night. The Acholi son of a smuggler who topped his country in school, won the John Hay Prize at Liverpool, and still chose Gulu over everything else. By the time he made that final speech to his nurses, the heroism was already the entire shape of his life. The Ebola work only made it public. Happy Heroes Day, Dr Matthew and all healthcare workers who sacrifice more than they should have to! #HeroesDay # *Copied*

Established in 1936 as the Yellow Fever Research Institute, UVRI has grown into one of Africa’s leading biomedical research institutions in the world. Join us as we celebrate 90 Years of Discoveries And Global Impact. #UVRIat90

Health workers, early detection protects you and the community. Think #Ebola in every illness. #MOHatWork | #FightEbolaUG26

HSC held an EDRMS training and onboarding to digitize and secure institutional records. The session was conducted by the Ministry of Public Service team, led by AC- Mr. David Geoffrey Kiirya.

The Health Service Commission held a Senior Management Meeting to discuss Operationalization of an Electronic Commission. Streamlining processes for better healthcare delivery.

Report any suspected Ebola suspected cases via; 1. MOH toll free line: 0800-100-066 2. Scan the QR code 3. Login to: alerts.health.go.ug 4. Send an SMS to 6767 and type Alert 5. Send a U-Report to 8500 #MOHatWork | #FightEbolaUG26

Following the continued escalation in the scale of the Ebola outbreak in the DRC and the challenges associated with cross-border movements between the DRC and Uganda, leading to a higher risk of the spread of Ebola into Uganda, the National Task Force on Ebola Response chaired by H.E. the Vice President of Uganda, has agreed on the following resolutions as of 27 May 2026: 1. Uganda is temporarily closing the border with the DRC with immediate effect. The only Exceptions are for authorized Ebola response teams, humanitarian operations, food and cargo transportation, and security under strict health screening and monitoring protocols. 2. The Immigration Authority is directed to permit only authorized Ebola response teams, humanitarian operations, food and cargo transportation, and essential security personnel moving to and from Uganda from the DRC. All authorized entrants shall be subjected to strict health screening, completion of locator forms, documentation, and continuous monitoring at all ports of entry in accordance with Ministry of Health surveillance protocols. 3. Any person returning from the DRC into Uganda shall undergo mandatory self isolation for twenty-one (21) days under the supervision of the Ministry of Health and district surveillance teams. 4. Schools in border districts shall remain open. They must strictly observe all Ministry of Health Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). School authorities are directed to identify all students who have recently returned from DRCand ensure that their temperature is monitored and recorded daily for twenty-one (21) days. Districts along the Uganda-DRC border shall designate at least one health facility to accommodate and monitor any learner who developssymptoms such as fever during the observation period, pending further assessment. 5. All RDCs/RCCs are instructed to strictly ensure implementation and enforcement of all Ebola prevention and control guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health and NTF. 6. All media houses are required to dedicate at least thirty (30) minutes of prime-time programming daily to public education and sensitization on Ebola prevention, detection, and reporting. #MOHatWork | #FightEbolaUG26

Prof. @Olaro_Charles on behalf of @MinofHealthUG officially launches the #UVRIAt90 celebrations joined by @KaleebuPontiano the Director of @UVRIug #ScienceInAction

Strong leadership plays an important role in outbreak response as demonstrated by #NTOROKO District. The District taskforce sits twice a week to monitor implementaion of @MinofHealthUG directives on Ebola outbreak including Points of entry, closure of markets & SOPs for Schools.

Dr. @henrymwebesa1ug led the Ugandan delegation in a meeting with the @gavi CEO, Dr. @SaniaNishtar to discuss the country's current routine immunization program. GAVI is a key partner in strengthening Uganda's routine immunization services. The meeting took place on the sidelines of #WHA79 in Geneva, Switzerland. #MOHatWork | #FightEbolaUG26