National Medical Stores(NMS) and the Ministry of Health hosted a farewell dinner for the US Ambassador to Uganda, Deborah Malac at Serena Hotel, Kampala.
Speaking during the dinner, the Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng thanked the US government for supporting Uganda’s health sector.
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By James Odong
The people of Uganda put National Medical Stores(NMS) in place through an Act of Parliament and gave it a three-fold mandate: to Procure, Warehouse and Distribute Essential Medicines and Medical Supplies, primarily to Government health facilities.
We have further crystallized this mandate to focus on major deliverables. One is to ensure that we stock all the essential medicines and medical supplies that the health facilities have quantified through their procurement plans, against the available budget. The second deliverable is to ensure that we deliver to these health facilities as indicated in our published Delivery Schedule.
By James Odong
As early as 6:00am, hundreds of Ugandans had already camped at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds waiting for the National Medical Stores(NMS) and Ministry of Health(MOH) teams to come and administer to them the yellow fever vaccination free of charge.
The vaccination exercise was aimed at helping Ugandans who may not afford to pay sh100, 000 at Kampala Capital City Authority and other private health facilities.
Yellow fever is a viral haemorrhagic disease caused by a virus transmitted to humans via an aedes mosquito bite or to humans from primate reservoir via a forest mosquito species. People who become ill usually present with acute onset of fever with at least abdominal pain, diarrhoea, headache, jaundice, unexplained bleeding.
By James Odong
PRO
National Medical Stores (NMS) Smart Care App has won the most coveted award in the just concluded E-Government Excellence Awards 2019.
NMS Smart Care is a set of products that enable Public Health Facilities and the general public to give and receive feedback on the medicine and medical supplies delivered by NMS in real time. Read more about NMS Smart Care from this link
During the awarding ceremony which was held at Speke Resort Munyonyo on Thursday 27th June 2019, National Information Technology-Uganda (NITA-U) presented NMS with an award of excellence for an outstanding e-Service in the health sector.
NMS had been nominated in other categories like best Exhibitor, Government Entity of the year and best Head of IT at the Information Technology Expo which was recently held at Garden City in Kampala.
The main purpose was to recognize the various Government agencies that have played a remarkable role in availing online government services to the public, which NMS has not only been able to achieve as a government organization but put as a priority for public service.