A new all-oral, six-month treatment regimen is safer and more effective at treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

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A new all-oral, six-month treatment regimen is safer and more effective at treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) than the current options, according to results of a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) study published in the New England Journal of Medicine today. These findings come from MSF’s TB PRACTECAL, the first-ever multi-country, randomized, controlled clinical trial to…

Panoramic Trial Finds Molnupiravir Does Not Reduce Hospitalisation

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Researchers from the University of Oxford released findings from a clinical trial investigating the effectiveness of the antiviral treatment molnupiravir against COVID-19 – the first treatment tested in the ongoing PANORAMIC trial. In their paper published in The Lancet, they reported that molnupiravir did not reduce hospitalisations or deaths among higher risk, vaccinated adults with…

Museveni advises on continued observance of COVID SOPs

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President Yoweri Museveni has reiterated the need for the population to continue to observing the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for COVID-19.  He outlined the need for continued hand washing, and hand hygiene, no shaking hands and no hugging, wearing face masks when in enclosed places like places of worship, conferences, meetings, crusades, which are exaggerated during the…

Laws and Lockdowns Not Effective for Controlling Epidemics

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Scientists have questioned the approach used by the government to control disease outbreaks and pandemics using coerce law enforcement.  Speaking at the launch of a report, “Finding Humanity in uncertainty: Pandemic Preparedness and Response in Uganda released by the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS) on Tuesday, David Serwadda a Professor of Public Health at…

Deputy Prime Minister Tasks RDC’s on Drug Theft in Hospitals

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The Third Deputy Prime Minister Rukia Isanga Nakadama has directed all Residents District Commissioners and Resident City Commissioners to take tough action against the rampant cases of drug theft and medical supplies in government hospitals. Nakadama who is also the Minister Without Portfolio noted that the country is registering numerous cases of drug thefts and…

Leaders divided over ‘COVID-19 immunity certificates’ for journalists

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BY SAM WAKHAKHA On December 6, 2022, the presidential press secretary, Farouk Kirunda issued an order barring journalists without COVID-19 vaccination certificates from covering State House functions.  In a notice sent to news editors and managers on December 2, Kirunda, said journalists who do not have COVID-19 vaccination certificates would not be allowed to cover…