WHO has published its first global research agenda for the world’s scientists to address the most urgent human health priorities to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). It outlines 40 research topics on drug-resistant bacteria, fungi and Mycobacterium tuberculosis that must be answered by 2030, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. The WHO Global Research Agenda…
During the Private Health Sector Convention organized by the Uganda Healthcare Federation (UHF), Dr. Tom Aliti, the Commissioner in charge of partnerships in the Ministry of Health, highlighted some concerning issues regarding private health providers in Uganda. He revealed that although private health providers serve as the first point of care for over 50 percent…
Moroto Regional Referral Hospital is facing significant challenges in disposing of unclaimed bodies abandoned by relatives. The hospital administrators have decried the financial burden of burying the bodies, as families are neglecting their responsibility to claim their deceased loved ones. The unclaimed corpses include individuals who have died from gunshot wounds, alcohol abuse, and other…
Gulu Regional Referral Hospital (GRRH) management has expressed the need for increased funding from the government. They believe that the current annual allocation of Shillings 1.2 billion for medical supplies and drugs is insufficient. The management is requesting the government to triple the support to at least Shillings 3.6 billion annually to meet the demands…
The Government of Kenya, the U.S. Government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Vodafone Foundation, Safaricom Plc, and M-PESA Foundation agreed to a new public-private partnership to bring the emergency transportation system m-mama to Kenya. Efficiently accessing transport in the case of obstetric emergencies can save the lives of mothers and newborns. m-mama is an emergency referral…