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Event Overview The Health Journalists Network in Uganda (HEJNU) held a Media Café on HIV/AIDS at the HEJNU headquarters in Kamwokya on February 6th, 2024. This three-hour engagement aimed to educate and equip journalists with the latest information and strategies for reporting on HIV and Tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda. Event Details Date: February 6th, 2024…
Date: August 28, 2024 Location: Evergreen Recreation Center in Masaka City Coordinator: Malik Fahad Jjingo Attendees: 19 Journalists MRC Dissemination Meeting in Masaka City The MRC held a dissemination meeting at the Evergreen Recreation Center in Masaka City to brief journalists about the PrEPVacc trial—a Phase IIB, three-arm, two-stage HIV prophylactic vaccine trial with a…
Date: August 20, 2024 Location: Health Journalists’ Network Uganda (HEJNU) Offices Media Café Convenor/Moderator: Esther Nakkazi Breastfeeding Café Coordinator: Ruth Nazziwa Attendees: 25 Journalists Café Objectives Breastfeeding Awareness: August is recognized as Breastfeeding Month, with statistics showing that approximately 87% of Ugandan women breastfeed their children. This session aimed to increase awareness about breastfeeding…
Summary: Health officials in Uganda told Global Press Journal to ignore information provided by health workers at the border. Reporter Byline: Apophia Agiresaasi, Global Press Uganda; Nakisanze Segawa, Global Press Uganda; Noella Nyirabihogo, Global Press DRC This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. MUNIGI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — Esther Mwema assumed her 4-year-old son…
Anxiety is widespread in Uvira, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the local hospital continues to admit new mpox cases. 20 August 2024 by Patrick Kahondwa Although endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), mpox has seen a significant and alarming rise over the past two years, now affecting all of the country’s…
Nigerian pharmaceutical manufacturer Swipha has received prequalification from the World Health Organization (WHO) for their sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), a key medication used to prevent malaria in pregnant women. This marks a major achievement in Africa’s fight against malaria, particularly in Nigeria, which bears the highest malaria burden globally. The company underwent a rigorous process to submit…
Mozambique introduced the malaria vaccine in its worst-hit province on 5 August 2024. 15 August 2024 by Charles Mangwiro Isaura Viera arrived at the Sangariveira Health Unit, in Quelimane, coastal Mozambique, visibly exhausted after walking for four hours carrying her two-year-old son, the youngest of her four children. Having no transportation money, she knew she’d have…
By Francis Edonyu and Benon Tumwine Health facilities, especially those that provide primary health care services to indigenous populations, operate in resource constrained and hard-to-reach-hard-to-stay settings. This begs the question of how such facilities are expected to meaningfully contribute to the ideals of universal health coverage and deliver quality health benefits and wellbeing to communities, affordably and in responsiveness…
By Francis Edonyu & Benon Tumwine Uganda’s health system operates a two-tier payment system in an attempt to bridge the funding gap for public facilities. This means that some public facilities are allowed to operate private wings at full or partial cost recovery. The government has fostered the growth of this system, acknowledging the challenges Ugandans face in…