Cryptocurrency company Binance has pledged $250,000 to support efforts to contain the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The funding will be shared equally between the Uganda Red Cross Society and Doctors Without Borders, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), to support emergency response activities in affected…
Seychelles and Eritrea have become the first countries in Africa to adopt Abbott’s integrated Determine™ Antenatal Care (ANC) Panel, a rapid screening tool designed to support the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B. The move marks an important step towards achieving the World Health Organization’s (WHO) triple elimination targets and addressing…
In his first presidential address on the Ebola situation in Uganda, President Y Museveni urged pastors to avoid body contact during prayers. He warned that medical staff and pastors have died most in the neighboring DRC where more than ninety have so far been confirmed dead due to the viral hemorrhagic disease. “ God is…