By May 6, 2021, seasonal malaria chemoprevention was made available to children younger than 5 years in Karamoja through a project implemented by the Malaria Consortium with the assistance of Village Health Teams (VHTs) moving around from door to door to deliver medicines to the children. About two years later there is optimism in the…
The Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), H.E. Dr Jean Kaseya, has called for concerted efforts to protect the African population and ensure citizens have access to high quality health products through strengthening local manufacturing. This, he said, can happen if Africa must decrease its dependence on global agreements,…
If you are a patient seeking health services at Arua Regional Referral Hospital in the West Nile Region and you do not own a smart phone but you need radiology services, chances are that you will be denied treatment. The hospital management claims to have fully operationalized the newly constructed Out Patients Department (OPD0 facility…
Over 200 lead mothers in Nakapiripirit district have been trained on how to combat child malnutrition within households. The training was provided by the organizations Food for the Hungry in partnership with ACTED Uganda, in response to the observed lack of diet diversity among families grappling with poverty and high food insecurity. The lead mothers…
At-home high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) sampling kits can help increase cervical cancer screening among under-screened women from low-income backgrounds, according to findings from a US-based clinical trial published in The Lancet Public Health journal. The trial shows mailing kits to low-income, under-screened women and helping them book an in-person clinic appointment led to a two-fold…
Taking a two-week course of metformin, a safe and affordable diabetes medication after testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 leads to 40% fewer long COVID diagnoses over the following 10 months, compared to individuals taking a placebo, finds a new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. The long-term symptoms some people experience after SARS-CoV-2 infection,…
An analysis by the Ministry of Health has found increasing trends of antibiotic resistance with Kampala topping the list of places where drugs previously used to treat certain infections are no longer working. Anti microbial Resistance is about drugs failing to kill organisms for which they were formulated to kill. The bacteria become resistant to…
President Yoweri Museveni has self-isolated at Nakasero State Lodge after he tested positive for corona virus on Wednesday. Museveni says that he has delegated his work for today, Thursday and tomorrow’s Heroes’ Day activities in Luwero to Prime Minister, Robinah Nabanjja. “By God’s Grace all is well, and I am only experiencing mild symptoms. However,…
Ten outstanding early career scientists from nine African countries have been awarded four-year fellowships that will build their capacity to conduct cutting-edge research in global health. The fellowships will be awarded through the African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI) programme, which is implemented by the African Academy of Sciences in partnership with the U.S. National Institutes…
In 2017, German organisations consolidated some funds to buy a state-of-the-art eye treatment equipment to Luwero Hospital. Bazungu e.V and Augen Klinik Ahaus Hospital, both German organizations donated the eye equipment to the hospital’s eye clinic after conducting an eye camp where they encountered an overwhelming number of patients in need of treatment. Six years later…