Zimbabwe’s latest cholera outbreak swelled to more than 20,000 suspected cases, but nurses and health leaders say the new, easy-to-use, rapid screening kits will make the fast-spreading infection easier to manage in future. 5 August 2024 by Elia Ntali In the wake of a cholera outbreak that has ravaged both rural and urban communities, Zimbabwe health…
Moroto Regional Referral Hospital, in partnership with the Rotary E Club of Naguru, has planted 1,200 fruit trees, including mangoes, avocados, guavas, oranges, and jackfruit, around the hospital compound. This initiative aims to address malnutrition and protect the environment from climate change. Dr. Stephen Pande, the hospital’s director, highlighted the rising malnutrition rates among children…
Adolescents and young mothers at Kanara landing site, Ntoroko District, are experiencing significant barriers, including stigma and discrimination, in accessing voluntary family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) services. Although self-care interventions have been shown to reduce social barriers to family planning and reproductive health care, little is known about their effectiveness, particularly in low-resource settings.…
By Steven Enatu in Kumi The Hepatitis Aid Organization has urged the government, specifically through the Ministry of Health, to consider augmenting the budget allocation dedicated to the eradication of hepatitis in Uganda. Emmanuel Lutamaguzi, the Executive Director of the Hepatitis Aid Organization and an individual living with hepatitis B, raised this plea at this…