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The State House Health Monitoring Unit has raised serious concerns about deliberate absenteeism among health workers in the Busoga sub-region. Over the past two weeks, officials from the unit have conducted spot checks on Health Center IIIs and IVs, revealing troubling trends. Warren Namara, the Head of the Unit, noted that some staff members fake…
Health experts in Mbarara City are raising alarms over an increasing trend of people living with HIV dropping out of care, particularly young women and girls. Dorcus Twinabaitu, the HIV focal person in Mbarara City, highlighted this issue during a media training session on Tuesday, noting that many young women cease their treatment within a…
Researchers at the Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) have announced a groundbreaking achievement: they can now diagnose heart complications in children using a simple blood test. This innovative method was revealed during a research dissemination conference at Kabira Country Club in Kampala. Leading the research, Prof. Emmy Okello, chief of cardiology at UHI and honorary associate…
New research released today reveals that African economies could receive a substantial GDP boost of nearly $127 billion between 2023 and 2030 by meeting UN malaria targets. This growth, averaging almost $16 billion a year, includes significant gains for countries like Tanzania, Kenya, and Angola, with Tanzania’s GDP alone potentially rising by over $7 billion.…
Following the much-anticipated opening ceremony, day two of the 8th South African TB Conference got off to a bustling start at the Durban ICC. Approaches to TB prevention such as TB vaccines, Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy (TPT), HIV, and nutrition took center stage at a roundtable panel deliberation. Among the key speakers, Professor Yogan Pillay, Director…