A multidisciplinary team from the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) and the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has achieved a significant milestone in the treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. They successfully used bacteriophages, which are natural viruses that specifically target bacteria, to treat a patient with a chronic bacterial lung infection caused by a multidrug-resistant strain of…
The Lancet study on sickle cell disease (SCD) presents some significant findings regarding its global impact. The study reveals that the number of people living with SCD worldwide has increased by 41.4%, from 5.46 million in 2000 to 7.74 million in 2021. This indicates a substantial rise in the prevalence of the disease. Importantly, the…
A healthy LFD—characterized by low intake of saturated fat and high intakes of plant protein and high-quality carbohydrates—was related to fewer deaths from all causes, from cardiovascular diseases, and from cancers. In contrast, an overall LCD and an unhealthy LCD were associated with significantly higher total, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality rates. A healthy LCD was…
Health Journalists Network in Uganda (HEJNU) Training in Gulu City Gulu Media Science Café on HIV/AIDS Held at Palema Crown Hotel in Gulu City on 24th March 2023. The Health Café: On Friday, 24th March 2023, the Health Journalists Network in Uganda (HEJNU) held a one-day health media café at Palema Crown Hotel in Pece-Laroo…
The Uganda Ministry of Health in collaboration with Kids Operating Room, a global health charity, has today unveiled the first ever Children Surgery National Plan, a five-year strategy that aims to scale up paediatric surgical services to regional referral and general hospitals as well as training of paediatric surgical workforce. Uganda currently has eight paediatric…
A single dose of a low-cost, generic, oral antibiotic called azithromycin, could prevent life threatening sepsis during child birth in up to 2 Million women per year a study shows. In a randomized, placebo-controlled study published in the New global maternal health research on February 9th, 2023, researchers found that a single 2-g oral dose of azithromycin given…
No discrimination is a basic human right. Freedom of movement is a human right. In the HIV story, compassion, sympathy, no discrimination and equality before the law were rare at the beginning of the epidemic, said David Serwadda a Professor of Public Health at Makerere University who was one of the scientists at the forefront…
By Esther Nakkazi Each year parliament allocates 3billion Uganda shillings or USD $ 800,000 to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Uganda urgently needs an NHIS. It should be universal, fair, with only one pool, said Fredrick Makaire, the Executive Director, Save for Health an NGO that coordinates community health insurance schemes across the country.…
A study has demonstrated that prednisolone does not improve a sense of smell after COVID-19. During the corona pandemic, more and more people noticed that they could not smell or taste after having been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The authors recommend not to prescribe prednisolone for patients with persistent smell and/or taste disorders after…
Proteins are at the forefront of therapeutic targets to combat the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The proteins that are on the surface of the virus and/or are involved in its replication are the preferred therapeutic targets, like the Spike protein are targeted by vaccines. The Spike protein is the best known, which is located on the surface of SARS-CoV-2 and gives it…