73 percent of Nigeria’s healthcare workers have stated that a lack of financial support will be one of the biggest threats to their national health system in the event of a new global health emergency in the next five years, a global survey has shown. The study, by YouGov on behalf of the World Innovation…
Current pressures due to poor funding, staff shortages, and inadequate preparation mean that health systems around the world are unfit to cope with another pandemic, an international survey to assess the effects of COVID-19 on health and care workers has revealed. 49 percent of healthcare professionals surveyed in countries including the UK, US, Saudi Arabia,…
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have developed a ground-breaking plastic film that can kill viruses that land on its surface with room light. The self-sterilising film is the first of its kind – it is low cost to produce, can be readily scaled and could be used for disposable aprons, tablecloths, and curtains in hospitals.…
By Steven Enatu Over 5000 people HIV positive persons living in Soroti district are not on anti-retroviral drugs says Dr. Baker Bakashaba the Taso Soroti Region project manager. Most of these are young people aged of 20-39 years, majority of them male and who occasionally visit health facilities. He revealed this at the 16th annual center…
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has today announced €1.2 million as a first grant to a digital payments company, MFS Africa, to promote the use of mobile remittances in marginal rural areas in five African countries: Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, The Gambia and Uganda. The two-year grant is funded by the European Union through…
By HEJNU Children are eligible for COVID-19 vaccines in an increasing number of countries. However, only a small number of countries have reached agreements for pediatric doses and deliveries are still small-scale. 94 countries have approved one or more vaccines for children above the age of 12 years, 53 countries approved vaccines for children between…
The U.S. holds nearly 80% of the Jynneos vaccine used to fight monkeypox, despite having only 35% of the global monkeypox cases, even as many countries go without access to any doses, according to a Public Citizen analysis of public records estimates released today. African countries where monkeypox is endemic, including the Democratic Republic of…
A litany of issues preventing people in low and middle-income countries from accessing COVID-19 vaccines, tests, and treatments have been misrepresented as vaccine hesitancy, according to new report from Matahari Global Solutions, the People’s Vaccine Alliance, and the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC). Researchers studying communities in fourteen low and middle income countries and territories…
By HEJNU Digital technology plays a vital role in protecting medical personnel by limiting direct contact with patients, disinfecting controlled environments and disseminating public health and emergency messages. These digital technology-based solutions were triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic to an unprecedented levels demanding for in screening populations, tracking infections and minimizing direct human contact. “COVID-19…
By Annita Matsika in Mbarara Ed- On 19th August 2022, the Health journalists Network held a media science cafe in Mbarara. Below is a narrative of the report compiled by the Mbarara team led by Annita Matsika. Naturinda Kedrace working – TASO Mbarara in charge of children welfare. Looking at what the government can do…