The Ministry of Health has launched a new digital platform designed to support tele-mentoring and continuous capacity building for practising health workers. The platform, the ECHO Supra Hub, will enhance the flow of information and keep health workers up to date with rapidly changing health technologies, according to Dr. Alfred Driwale, the Commissioner of Human…
As Uganda marked World AIDS Day on December 1, health experts in the Teso subregion warned that poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is undermining progress in controlling HIV. While national figures show a sustained drop in prevalence, inconsistent drug intake—especially among adolescents and young adults—is threatening treatment outcomes and fueling drug resistance. Adherence to…
The number of children dying before their fifth birthday is expected to rise for the first time this century, reversing decades of global progress, according to new data published Tuesday in the Gates Foundation’s 2025 Goalkeepers Report. In 2024, 4.6 million children died before age 5. New modeling by the Institute for Health Metrics and…