By Shiprah Kwagaka Health facilities in Iganga District are challenged with a low uptake of Covid-19 booster doses by locals. Through interviews, health workers intimated that there are information gaps to be addressed for the locals to embrace booster doses uptake. Many are unaware that they are necessary even if the President made an appeal to the…
The 2nd International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2022), in Kigali, Rwanda, at the Kigali Convention Centre kicks off today with African Heads of State, ministers of health, and leading researchers and scientists scheduled to give remarks during three days of official sessions. The conference, which is taking place from 13-15 December, is…
Common bacterial infections were the second leading cause of death in 2019, and were linked to one in eight deaths globally, according to an analysis published in The Lancet. There were 7.7 million deaths in 2019 associated with 33 common bacterial infections, with five bacteria alone connected to more than half of all deaths. The…
Uganda has been listed among countries that didn’t fully utilize one of the malaria prevention strategies of bed net distribution in 2021. According to new data released by the World Health Organization-WHO on Thursday, the country distributed less than 60 percent of the nets that they were supposed to distribute. Uganda is categorized together with…
While Africa is witnessing its lowest level of new COVID-19 cases since the onset of the pandemic, a recent four-week rise—the first such sustained increase in four months—underscores the criticality of maintaining vigilance as the end-year holiday seasons sets in. The continent recorded a four-week long rise until 20 November, but the number of new…
Nearly 2,000 baby deliveries by teenagers were registered at the various health facilities at the Bidi Bidi Refugee settlement at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda. Records at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) indicate that over 4,000 girls under 18 years reported their first Antenatal Care (ANC) visit at various health facilities in Bidibidi…
On 4th December, all the 42 people who had been identified as contacts to the first confirmed Ebola case from Masaka district were discharged from institutional quarantine after showing no symptoms of the deadly virus. These had been identified as Ebola suspects during the contact tracing process by the joint Ebola Taskforce as part of…
Two districts in eastern Uganda have received UGX 16.8 billion Shillings from the Norwegian government for creating awareness for sexual and reproductive health and rights among adolescents in the area. Kamuli and Mayuge districts have received funding for activities under a three-year project dubbed “My Body, My Life, My World” geared towards empowering girls and young women…
Four survivors, who have been undergoing treatment at the Ebola Treatment Unit – ETU in Mubende have been discharged. They were discharged on Thursday amid jubilation by the health workers, district technical staff, and members of the Ebola Taskforce led by Mubende Resident District Commissioner – RDC, Rosemary Byabashaija. The survivors were given household…
Uganda spends UGX 980 billion or USD $260 million in caring for people living with HIV annually, according to the Uganda AIDS Commission. Dr. Nelson Musoba, Director General of the Uganda AIDS Commission says that out of the total shillings 700,000 is used to care for each victim per year in form of buying…