By Morounfolu Olugbosi As countries around the world—from Kenya to Canada, South Africa to Sweden—relish the prospect of an unofficial transition of COVID-19 from pandemic to endemic and start to ease pandemic-related restrictions, many of us in the tuberculosis (TB) community find it hard to relate. In TB, we know what can happen when a…
The European Union in Uganda and the Ministry of Health officials are worried about the rate at which Ugandans are abandoning the COVID-19 prevention measures, warning that the Pandemic is far from over. This comes amidst an evident decline in the use of face masks, hand washing and sanitisers and even social distancing, among others,…
Uganda is improving its medical oxygen demand and supply ecosystem with a national scale up implementation plan that articulates a holistic approach. The oxygen ecosystem includes liquid oxygen cylinders and concentrators, as well as the clinical engineering and technical assistance to use the technology. The government and the private sector have joined hands to improve the…
The Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau is struggling to keep the cost of care low. Speaking at the Annual Health Assembly to evaluate the performance of their 33 hospitals and 264 lower health facilities, Dr. Samuel Orochi Orach, the Executive Secretary said they have in the previous two years experienced a decline in patient numbers which…
As the world celebrates World TB day and a a set of new guidelines released recently by the World Health Organisation (WHO), in Uganda in Omoro District Health Department they are stuck with thousands of sputum samples collected from locals for Tuberculosis (TB) tests due to the shortage of Genexpert machines. Genexpert Machines are used for…
The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered innovations among scientists paving the way for Uganda‘s first attempt to manufacture a vaccine for a disease. As well, due to scarcity of some therapeutics, chemotherapists began looking into medicines for covid-19. Dr. Monica Musenero, the Minister of Science and Technology who was then the Presidential Advisor on Epidemics says…
You have got to give it up for women in Kyotera district. The fertility rate is over the top. At Kakuuto Health Centre IV in Kyotera district baby deliveries are about six per day which now averages 180 deliveries per month. In 2020 the population of Kyotera district was recorded to be 261,000 people. With…
Princess Diana would dislike having her name on a facility in Soroti for its poor management and failure to serve the poor. Patients in Soroti district can’t access medical services from the Princess Diana Memorial HCIV because management has failed to resolve administrative issues with City Authorities. Now they are opting for private facilities…
Nobel Prize-winning economists Jayati Ghosh and Joseph Stiglitz and the pan-Africa director of Oxfam have praised South Africa’s President Ramaphosa for rejecting a bogus proposal to waive intellectual property rights for Covid-19 medical products. This was contained in document that emerged from World Trade Organisation negotiations for a COVID-19 intellectual property waiver but was leaked. …
The Government of Belgium has today announced a financial contribution of EUR 4.2 million (approx. 16bn Ugandan shillings) to UNICEF that will see 3,000 vulnerable in and out-of-school girls in Kampala receive support through mentorship, linkages to essential social services and a cash transfer to enable them to transition safely into adulthood. The four-year Belgian…