The Health Journalists Network in Uganda held a Focus Group discussion with health reporters based in upcountry media outlets as part of the project with AVAC and the Sabin Vaccine Institute. Qn: Do you think COVID vaccines are the same or different from other vaccines, like childhood vaccines, yellow fever, etc? In what ways? Respondent 1:…
SCIENCE AFRICA AND HEJNU REPORT ON SOLUTION JOURNALISM TRAINING 1. Name of the training: Covid-19 Solution Journalism Training Program Sponsor: Science Africa. Venue: Fairway Hotel, Kampala Uganda Dates: 25th and 26th October , 2021 Duration total: 2 Days 2. Background and Objective of the Training: The two-days training brought together 20 journalists to enhance their…
The Ministry of Health is concerned about the low response of elderly persons in the ongoing vaccination campaign against Covid-19 disease, Doctor Allan Muruta, the Commissioner for Integrated Epidemiology and Surveillance services has indicated. In March this year, the Ministry of Health launched a voluntary Covid-19 vaccination campaign, giving priority to highly at risk populations…
The Uganda Government is crafting a plan to train key people in the community including teachers and village authorities about sexuality. The initiative is spearheaded by the Ministry of Gender, Labor, and Social Development. Dr. Daniel Byamukama who heads the HIV Prevention Division at Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) says this comes after a short survey done…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the mixing of COVID-19 vaccines attributing the latest move to the need for countries to increase immunization coverage. A dossier released by the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization last evening shows that the panel that sat on December 7, has agreed and recommended that countries…
A new initiative has been unveiled to ensure that children with cancer living in low and middle-income countries have uninterrupted access to affordable, safe and effective medicines. The Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines, launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the United States, offers an…
Over a year ago, the Ministry of Health (MOH) changed the policy of drug refills at health facilities from one month to three months for people living with hypertension and diabetes. But the majority of diabetic people only get medication that lasts about two weeks. Africa is expected to experience the highest increase in diabetes…
Health Authorities in Karamoja have asked for more Johnson & Johnson vaccines to help them vaccinate pastoralists because they are nomadic and unpredictable. During the dry spell, pastoralists from Karamoja who are nomadic in nature move in search of water and pastures making it hard for health workers to access them. Currently, health workers conduct…
In June this year, 52-year-old, Dr Emmanuel Mukunya was employed at Nakaseke Regional Hospital as a general physician. He died of COVID-19 on July 19th, 2021. Another doctor Charles Kiggundu, an Obstetrician and gynaecologist who advocated for reproductive health and rights and talked to us as journalists consistently under the HEJNU umbrella also died. Dr. Kiggundu was born…
Researchers studying Uganda’s homemade COVID-19 vaccines reveal encountering huge challenges accessing mice to be able to test their candidate drugs. This comes after Science and Innovations Minister Dr. Monica Musenero was recently bashed over revelations of acquiring each mouse at 8 Million Shillings. She said Uganda wanted to procure 200 lab rats but had due…