Medical workers under their umbrella association of the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) have been urged to suspend their industrial action until May 2022. UMA president, Dr. Oledo Samuel Odongo, made ...
Ruth Aceng, Uganda's health minister said, "We must note that medical internship is a training. It is not work and they are not public servants. They are free to take a ...
Medical interns around the country, through their umbrella association of the Federation of Uganda Medical Interns (FUMI) have agreed to call of their strike. The development follows a commitment from ...
As the doctors strike in Uganda continues, I gained access to Kawempe National Referral Hospital in Kampala. There is only one intern doctor on the ward, and no specialist in ...
Ugandan medical workers who were arrested while marching to parliament to demand better pay and working conditions have been released on police bond. The group of 27 senior and intern ...
Minister for ICT and National Guidance Dr. Chris Baryomunsi has said that government will not negotiate with the striking medical interns. Baryomunsi said that the letter from the Ministry of ...
Senior doctors in Zimbabwe have joined their junior counterparts in a general strike over low wages that they say are not keeping up with high inflation. On Wednesday, health care ...
There is urgent need to improve remuneration of health specialists to attract them to return and work in medical facilities in the country. The Minister for Health, Dr. Jane Ruth ...
In March, Kenya agreed to accelerate a health agreement it signed with Cuba last year to bring in 100 doctors. The doctors, who have started arriving in Kenya, are meant ...
The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has quizzed officials from the Ministry of Health to explain the genesis of the decision to employ Cuban doctors in the country’s health facilities. ...
