Govt receives Hepatitis B testing apparatus

Feb 11, 2016

The machines will be dispatched to 12 districts with highest burden of Hepatitis B

Government has received 200 testing machines for detecting Hepatitis B.

The machines will be dispatched to 12 districts with highest burden of Hepatitis B.

These include: Adjuman, Arua, Koboko, Moyo, Lira,Dokolo , Ngora, Tororo, Kumi, Moroto and Nakapiripit.

Health minister Dr. Elioda Tumwesigye said a total of 33,875 people have been screened and out of this 3,130 tested positive.

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