Canada gives CAD$ 11 million to Somalia to Strengthen Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights through Midwifery Education and Practice

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The Government of Canada has provided CAD$ 11 million to support the Government of Somalia, through UNFPA, on a new initiative on Strengthening Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights through strengthening midwifery education and practice. This includes CAD$ 1 million dedicated to an enhanced response to the current COVID-19 pandemic to protect the health care…

Coronavirus – Uganda: How Previous Ebola Virus Disease Outbreaks Helped Uganda Respond to COVID-19 Outbreak

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For many public health workers in Uganda, responding to disease outbreaks of epidemic potential is not new. This is because the country has been in preparedness and response modes for quite some time and its disease outbreak system has regularly been tested over the years. Uganda has had four Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreaks in…

Togo is first African country to end sleeping sickness as a public health problem

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Togo has received validation from the World Health Organization (WHO) for having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis or “sleeping sickness” as a public health problem, becoming the first country in Africa to reach this milestone. Sleeping sickness is caused by parasites which are transmitted by infected tsetse flies and is only found in 36 countries in…

The Only Hydroxychloroquine Story You Need to Read

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Link to the story https://leapsmag.com/the-only-hydroxychloroquine-story-you-need-to-read/ In the early days of a pandemic caused by a virus with no existing treatments, many different compounds are often considered and tried in an attempt to help patients. Many of these treatments fall by the wayside as evidence accumulates regarding actual efficacy. At that point, other treatments become standard…

COVID-19: Health Journalists Network in Uganda Science Media Café

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Edited by Esther Nakkazi and compiled by Evelyn Lirri On March 18th, the Health Journalists Network in Uganda (HEJNU) held a media science Café titled; The COVID-19 Pandemic: Interlinkage between HIV and COVID-19 virus. About 40 journalists attended this Café which gave an insight to COVID-19 a disease many of the journalists were yet to learn about. The Key speakers…

China approves herbal treatments for COVID-19

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By Esther Nakkazi  China has certified three traditional medicines for treatment of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The three Chinese patented medicines－Jinhua Qinggan Granule, Lianhua Qingwen Capsule and Xuebijing Injection prescriptions were developed by the Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and have been clinically proven effective for COVID-19 treatment, China media reports. Jinhua Qinggan Granule was developed during the 2009 H1N1…

Status of Uganda’s National Sexuality Education

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By Esther Nakkazi  Uganda is experiencing significant sexual and reproductive health challenges like high teenage pregnancy, early marriages, HIV and gender-based violence in schools.  The National Sexuality Education Framework was developed in response to the urgent need for a National Policy Framework on Sexuality Education and Development and dissemination of related materials.  The Health Journalists…

Science café: New and innovative strategies adopted to fight against HIV / AIDS.

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Implementing Partner: Health Journalists Network in Uganda (HEJNU) Sponsor: UNFPA Reporting period: December 2017 HEJNU: New strategies on combating HIV / AIDS ACTIVITY: Science café to facilitate dissemination of information concerning the new and innovative strategies that can be adopted in the fight against HIV / AIDS. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION:   The activity was a science…