By Bright Kaana Godfrey Semanda’s reality hit home when he was denied services because he was not vaccinated. Semanda, a resident of Nabweru, Kira division in Kira Municipality, is probably one of the many residents who have been denied access to government programs especially when the country was battling the peak of Covid19. At the…
By Malik Fahad Jjingo Research shows that the integration of the management of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and HIV/AIDS care in public health facilities are acceptable and beneficial to both patients and healthcare providers. The integration would also save time and resources for both parties. Research conducted by the MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit at…
New global and country-level estimates suggest that routinely wearing helmets and seat-belts, obeying speed limits and avoiding drunk-driving could save between 347,000 and 540,000 lives worldwide every year. In addition, improving post-crash emergency response, trauma care, and clinical interventions to control haemorrhage and early resuscitation could save up to 200,000 lives a year in low-…
To tackle the burden of chronic and severe noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) a strategy to address management of severe NCDs at first-level referral health facilities has been unveiled. The Package of Essential Noncommunicable Disease Interventions-Plus (PEN-Plus) strategy builds on the WHO-PEN for integrated detection, diagnosis, treatment and care of non-communicable diseases at primary health care facilities. It was…
A campaign to bolster political will and engagement as well as advocate for financial resources for sickle cell disease prevention and control was launched at a side-event at the seventy-second session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa (RC-72). The campaign seeks to raise public awareness of the disease in schools, communities, health institutions and the…
Mr. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe the President of Togo officially opened the seventy-second session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa (RC-72) on Monday, 22 August 2022. This is the most important meeting on public health in Africa bringing together 47 Ministers of Health in the WHO African Region with the aim of defining health priorities for…
Women in Otuke district would rather deliver their children at a health facility but the high fuel prices won’t let them travel. Now the only option left are home deliveries after a liter of petrol in Otuke bow costs Shillings 8,000 from Shillings 4,500 early this year while a liter of diesel costs Shillings 6,700 from 3,500.…
Pakwach district has embarked on a health awareness campaign aimed at the reduction and prevention of teenage pregnancies among its communities. Pakwach district registered 7,760 cases of teenage pregnancies in one year, between May 2021 and May this year. This will be done through an initiative that conducts health camps and outreaches in schools and…
Climate summary: July 2022 surface air temperature: Globally, July 2022 was one of three warmest Julys on record, close to 0.4°C above the 1991-2020 reference period, marginally cooler than July 2019 and marginally warmer than July 2016 Northern hemisphere land masses see predominantly well above-average temperatures Below average temperatures along the western Indian Ocean, from…
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared a resurgence of Ebola, following confirmation of one case in the country’s eastern province of North Kivu. A 46-year-old woman died on 15 August 2022 in Beni, a town located in North Kivu. She received care at the Beni Referral Hospital, initially for other ailments,…