Switching out ten-dose measles and rubella (MR) vials for five-dose vials has the potential to make a big impact, Fiske Nyirongo learns. 8 November 2024 by Fiske Nyirongo Registered nurse Memory Mwezi has been serving at Mwimba Health Post’s daily health clinics for long enough to have a pretty good sense of the ebbs…
Kipchumba, a former nominated Kenyan senator, has spent decades fighting for the vaccine he didn’t get. 22 October 2024 by Joseph Maina Growing up, Harold Kipchumba dreamed of joining the Kenyan army. In 1986, when he was 22, he showed up on crutches to a military recruitment workout and was turned down on sight: his disability…
By Esther Nakkazi The first two confirmed cases of Mpox in Uganda were imported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and first identified from Kasese district. One case involved a 37-year-old woman, who is a market vendor and hairdresser and resides in Kasese District near the Uganda-DR Congo border. The woman sought medical…
On Monday, 28th October 2024, the Ministry of Health through its Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Unit rolled out the “Integrating and Scaling up Sickle Cell Disease Care in Primary Health Services” program in Kayunga district. This is in conjunction with Texas Children’s Global HOPE program and Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation-Uganda, Uganda National Health Laboratory…