Investing in safe surgery could cut costs and save lives in LMICs

Investing in developing systems of safe surgery to reduce Surgical Site Infection (SSI) will help to reduce the financial burden on health services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC), a new study reveals. Analysing inpatient resource use in India, Ghana, Nigeria and Mexico, researchers discovered that additional investigations and hospital length of stay for a…

WHO Asks Countries to Halve Anemia Prevalence by 2030

The World Health Organization (WHO)  has launched its first-ever comprehensive framework on reducing anemia calling on countries to accelerate action to halve anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age by 2025.  Anemia remains a serious global public health problem, affecting 571 million women and 269 million young children worldwide, according to data from the organization. The complication, which is…

Machine for making COVID-19 diagnostics worth UGX 5.14 million of tax payers’ money lies idle

Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee-Central Government has noted a possibility of the tax payer losing 1.59 billion Shillings in unutilized COVID-19 equipment purchased by the disbanded Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. The equipment identified as the Dr Oligo DNA Synthesizer Machine was procured for a scientist from M/S Micro Haem Scientific and Medical Supplies Limited,…

Kamwenge district: Treatment regime policy change blamed for expiring drugs in health centres

The State House Health Monitoring Unit is conducting an investigation into Kamwenge district, following public complaints of ineffective service delivery in local health facilities. 700 million Shillings worth of drugs – including anti-malarials, quinine and ARVs – have been found to be past their expiration date. Team leader Dr. Brian Alinaitwe has accused District Health…

A New Approach to Treating Postpartum Bleeding: The Next Step in Revolutionizing Maternal health

A joint study led by researchers from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the University of Birmingham has found a potential solution to reducing deaths due to postpartum hemorrhage. The new solution is called E-MOTIVE. Approximately 14 million women experience this phenomenon each year, leading to around 70,000 fatalities – or one death every 6…

Government has created a new regulator for agriculture and veterinary health inputs

Cabinet has given its approval for the proposed amendments to the National Drug Policy and Authority Act, authorizing the creation of a new entity responsible for regulating agricultural and veterinary health inputs. The current framework falls under the purview of the National Drug Authority (NDA), prompting a Ministry of Health request to restructure these measures.…