In recent years, immunotherapies have given patients renewed hope, albeit with relatively modest success. A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) has succeeded in identifying a specific marker on the surface of tumour cells, and in generating immune cells carrying an antibody to destroy them. Furthermore, these cells,…
Karamoja has faced intracommunal violence for decades, and as climate change exacerbates water scarcity, it’s getting worse. But vaccinator Sister Virginia Virgo is not backing down. 18 September 2024 by John Agaba When Virginia Virgo packed her bags to join a monastery in northern Uganda in the 1980s, she had one thing in mind: to leave…
A high-level panel of industry leaders and philanthropists convened during a side event at the 79th United Nations General Assembly to call for urgent action and innovative financing models to secure the future of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in Africa. With shifting geopolitical contexts and funding cuts in major donor countries, adolescent…
At the dawn of Zambia’s Expanded Programme on Immunization in 1974, Nurse Anne Zimba recalls boiling glass syringes and running out of gas to power the fridges. Many things have changed. 24 September 2024 by Fiske Nyirongo Anne Zimba, née Mbilishi, was in her early twenties when she started at Lusaka Nursing School. It was 1973.…
Coletta Kemboi, a dairy farmer from Maili Nne, Kenya, is proof of how innovative farming practices can combat malnutrition. After receiving training from the MoreMilk program, she has seen her milk production improve significantly, and her family’s income has grown. “The extra money we are earning goes to the farm and paying my children’s school…
Scientists at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Bern Inselpital and University Hospital of Bern and the University of Bern (UNIBE) have discovered that hidden mutations in non-coding DNA are responsible for the ageing of certain tissues, such as those in the liver. The accumulation of mutations in DNA is often mentioned as an explanation for…
A coalition of global health organizations, including Lifebox, Smile Train, the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA), and the South African Society of Anaesthesiologists (SASA), have joined forces to address a critical gap in anesthesia safety: the lack of capnography in low-resource settings, a situation endangering countless lives. At a press conference during the…
The US Global Aids Coordinator and Senior Bureau Official for Global Health Security and Diplomacy, Ambassador John Nkengasong, has emphasized the need for a coordinated global response to address the Mpox outbreak. During a press briefing, Nkengasong called for an integrated approach that includes testing, genetic sequencing, laboratory training, surveillance, and infection control to effectively…
By Malik Jjingo The U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, His Excellency William W. Popp, has praised the innovators and implementers of the Community Retail Drug Distribution Point model, calling it a game changer for accessibility to HIV/AIDS treatment. During an official visit to the Masaka region, Ambassador Popp visited TASO Masaka headquarters and K Frank Pharmacy,…
Post-partum haemorrhage accounts for over 40% of maternal deaths in Kenya. But in a Makueni County hospital, a new treatment protocol is making a clear difference. 12 September 2024 by Muthoki Kithanze Having soaked up great quantities of advice from friends who had given birth before, Gladys Musenya, 23, could envision the sequence of her…