Higher risk of high blood pressure after childbirth recorded in Ugandan women

Researchers are recording increased cases of pre-eclampsia after childbirth among women who had no prior history of high blood pressure. Women in Mbale are at a higher risk of getting affected with pre-eclampsia.  Pre-eclampsia is responsible for ~25% of deaths during childbirth in sub-Saharan Africa according to research.  Pre-eclampsia refers to a condition during pregnancy…

COVID-19 vaccine development funds not directly released to PRESIDE – Musenero

The Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Dr. Monica Musenero has refuted claims that funds were released directly to the Presidential Scientific Initiative on Epidemics (PRESIDE) for Covid-19 vaccine research purposes. PRESIDE, is a brainchild of President Yoweri Museveni, supervised by Dr. Monica Musenero, who was a Presidential Advisor on Epidemics at the time it was…

Researchers call for roll out of long-acting HIV injectable treatments in low income countries

Researchers attending the International Conference on HIV Treatment, Pathogenesis and Prevention Research in Resource – Limited Settings (INTEREST) have called for a quick introduction to the Long-Acting HIV treatment to give options to people struggling with adherence to daily medication. Dr. Andrew Kambugu, the Executive Director of the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), says that they…

Experts call for routine cervical cancer screening for HIV women in Family Planning Clinics

Two thirds of women living with HIV in Uganda have never been screened for cervical cancer, preliminary results from a study by Makerere University School of Public Health says. The World Health Organisation (WHO) in its 2021 new edition of guidelines on screening and treatment to prevent cervical cancer said screening should be prioritised for women living…

UK Government supports procurement and installation of Oxygen Plant in Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital

The UK Government – through UNICEF – has procured a Pressure Swing Absorption Oxygen Plant in Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital, to increase the oxygen producing capacity of the 200-bed facility and other lower-level facilities in seven neighbouring districts in central Uganda. The Oxygen plant installed by UNICEF in February 2022 was today unveiled and officially…