The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has today announced €1.2 million as a first grant to a digital payments company, MFS Africa, to promote the use of mobile remittances in marginal rural areas in five African countries: Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, The Gambia and Uganda. The two-year grant is funded by the European Union through…
By HEJNU Children are eligible for COVID-19 vaccines in an increasing number of countries. However, only a small number of countries have reached agreements for pediatric doses and deliveries are still small-scale. 94 countries have approved one or more vaccines for children above the age of 12 years, 53 countries approved vaccines for children between…
The U.S. holds nearly 80% of the Jynneos vaccine used to fight monkeypox, despite having only 35% of the global monkeypox cases, even as many countries go without access to any doses, according to a Public Citizen analysis of public records estimates released today. African countries where monkeypox is endemic, including the Democratic Republic of…
By HEJNU Digital technology plays a vital role in protecting medical personnel by limiting direct contact with patients, disinfecting controlled environments and disseminating public health and emergency messages. These digital technology-based solutions were triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic to an unprecedented levels demanding for in screening populations, tracking infections and minimizing direct human contact. “COVID-19…
By Annita Matsika in Mbarara Ed- On 19th August 2022, the Health journalists Network held a media science cafe in Mbarara. Below is a narrative of the report compiled by the Mbarara team led by Annita Matsika. Naturinda Kedrace working – TASO Mbarara in charge of children welfare. Looking at what the government can do…
By Bright Kaana Godfrey Semanda’s reality hit home when he was denied services because he was not vaccinated. Semanda, a resident of Nabweru, Kira division in Kira Municipality, is probably one of the many residents who have been denied access to government programs especially when the country was battling the peak of Covid19. At the…
New global and country-level estimates suggest that routinely wearing helmets and seat-belts, obeying speed limits and avoiding drunk-driving could save between 347,000 and 540,000 lives worldwide every year. In addition, improving post-crash emergency response, trauma care, and clinical interventions to control haemorrhage and early resuscitation could save up to 200,000 lives a year in low-…
To tackle the burden of chronic and severe noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) a strategy to address management of severe NCDs at first-level referral health facilities has been unveiled. The Package of Essential Noncommunicable Disease Interventions-Plus (PEN-Plus) strategy builds on the WHO-PEN for integrated detection, diagnosis, treatment and care of non-communicable diseases at primary health care facilities. It was…
A campaign to bolster political will and engagement as well as advocate for financial resources for sickle cell disease prevention and control was launched at a side-event at the seventy-second session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa (RC-72). The campaign seeks to raise public awareness of the disease in schools, communities, health institutions and the…
Mr. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe the President of Togo officially opened the seventy-second session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa (RC-72) on Monday, 22 August 2022. This is the most important meeting on public health in Africa bringing together 47 Ministers of Health in the WHO African Region with the aim of defining health priorities for…