African policymakers, development finance leaders and global partners are calling for urgent reforms to help countries respond to climate change while managing rising debt burdens and protecting economic growth. The calls came during a high-level side event titled “Integrating Debt Sustainability and Climate Transition: African Country Perspectives,” convened by AfriCatalyst in partnership with the Pact…
Uganda’s Karamoja sub-region recorded zero malaria-related deaths during epidemiological week 17 despite a malaria outbreak that pushed infections above epidemic thresholds, according to a new surveillance bulletin from the Moroto Regional Referral Hospital Public Health Emergency Operations Centre. The bulletin, covering April 20–26, reported 8,500 malaria cases across the region, down slightly from 9,810 cases…
Health officials in Uganda’s Karamoja sub-region have confirmed ongoing measles outbreaks in all nine districts, while malaria cases surged past epidemic thresholds and animal bite cases continued to rise, according to a new epidemiological bulletin from the Moroto Regional Referral Hospital Public Health Emergency Operations Centre. The week 17 bulletin, covering April 20–26, reported 27…
Health officials in Uganda’s Mubende region have reported more than 8,000 malaria cases and one malaria-related death during epidemiological week 18, while also warning of rising typhoid, respiratory infections and suspected measles cases across the region. The latest weekly bulletin from the Regional Emergency Operations Centre at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital said malaria remained the…