COVID-19 vaccination coverage has stagnated in half of African countries, says the World Health Organization (WHO). The number of doses administered monthly declined by over 50% between July and September, a WHO analysis finds and shows that the percentage of people with complete primary vaccination series (one dose for Johnson and Johnson and two doses for…
The EU has mobilised further emergency funding of €3 million to support the response to the Ebola outbreak in Uganda. The Ministry of Health has confirmed nine cases of Ebola in the Greater Kampala region. This brings the total number of patients in the capital to 14 within the last 48 hours. Earlier, Health Minister…
In the aftermath of the COVID-19, health experts in Acholi Sub-region are registering rising cases of mental illnesses associated with depression. According to the experts, the cases are being registered both among females and males, unlike previously when the bulk of the cases was dominant among males. Data from the hospital shows that 400 patients…
One person has tested positive for Ebola in Manyi Sub County, Mityana District. Mityana is in central Uganda and neighbouring Mubende where the first case was registered. Kapchorwa District in western Uganda is also hunting for an Ebola patient who escaped from Mubende hospital. The resident of Kapchorwa district was an attendant to a patient who…
Jovan Mulondo,13, spent 40 days in an induced coma at TMR International Hospital, fighting for his life after contracting Tetanus disease after an operation. Mulondo’s mother, Victoria Nabiteeko from Kiteezi-Bamba village narrates that her son stepped in hot ash when he was only ten and half years old, which burnt him and they had to…
Dismas Choge, University of Eldoret, Kenya has received a grant worth of $100,000 USD from the Optica Foundation. Choge’s work focuses on the development of tunable multi-color laser for sensing and a case study for hyperspectral detection of water contaminants, will be featured throughout the coming year in Optica Foundation efforts. “The selection committee is inspired by…
Script’s new book aimed at helping to improve the communication of science in Africa has now been published. The book is available for free electronically and to buy in paperback in the CABI Digital Library. ‘Science Communication Skills for Journalists: A Resource Book for Universities in Africa,’ is edited and authored by Dr Charles Wendo…
A 21-day lockdown was announced yesterday in Uganda as one of the measures to control the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease. The lock down is in the areas of Mubende and Kassanda districts where high cases of Ebola have been identified. According to directives issued last night by President Yoweri Museveni, movement in…
Claire Kirabo, 29 years was admitted to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Intensive Care Unit, six months into the pandemic on August 18th, 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, has declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic. Kirabo is a mother of two children both below ten years of age and was referred to…
The US government has re-established volunteer service in Uganda following a two-year break-off occasioned by COVID-19, an epidemic that paralysed nations and the global economy. A total of 33 volunteers under the US Peace Corps now in Uganda to serve in agribusiness, health and education sectors across the country have taken their oath of service…