{"id":19162,"date":"2020-10-13T13:14:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T10:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=19162"},"modified":"2020-10-13T13:14:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T10:14:34","slug":"ministry-of-health-partners-with-tooro-kingdom-to-enhance-health-services-in-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/13\/ministry-of-health-partners-with-tooro-kingdom-to-enhance-health-services-in-the-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Health Partners With Tooro Kingdom To Enhance Health Services In The Region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry of Health team led by the Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwiine and Director General Health Services, Dr Henry G. Mwebesa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Kingdom of Tooro to enhance disease prevention and health promotion in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This partnership comes against the background that religious and cultural institutions are paramount in steering communities to adopt healthy lifestyles and behaviour change in order to have a healthy and productive population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While addressing the delegation from Tooro, Dr Diana Atwiine lauded King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV for his initiative to set up a School of Public Health in the region aimed at training and empowering communities to take responsibility for their health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It will among others, ensure people to test, treat and know their health status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe can see Tooro not just as the hub for tourism, but the hub for good health,\u201d Dr Atwiine said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Director General Health Services, Dr Henry G. Mwebesa appreciated the Kingdom for supporting a number of health projects and noted that signing the MoU will greatly improve service delivery in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kingdom-of-Tooro1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kingdom-of-Tooro1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kingdom-of-Tooro1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kingdom-of-Tooro1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kingdom-of-Tooro1-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kingdom-of-Tooro1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His Majesty Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV welcomed the partnership with the health sector to promote health, increase disease prevention and pledged his support and commitment to the sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, the team also held a meeting with the Queen Mother of the King of Tooro, Her Royal Highness, Best Kemigisa to strengthen partnership to address teenage pregnancies, maternal and child health in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry is engaging various cultural institutions across the country to strengthen health service delivery and improve health outcomes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Health team led by the Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwiine and Director General Health Services, Dr Henry G. 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