Refugees in Uganda based at the Nakivale refugee settlement camp in Isingiro district are grappling with a rise in malnutrition and chronic anaemia. A survey by Medical Teams International says the cases of acute Malnutrition have increased from 1.8% in 2019 to 2.8% and 5.7% in 2020 and 2021 respectively and acute anaemia is up…
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…
A total of 14,530 cases of post-abortion care for teenage girls and women were registered in various health facilities between 2020 and 2021 alone in the Acholi Sub- region according to a report. Nearly half of those who had to be treated were so seriously endangered due to the unsafe abortions that the women and…
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…
With the increasing number of young learners leaving O’level, the Ministry of Education and Sports has cautioned against enrolling those below 18-years of age into health training institutions. Available information indicates that many students are completing the Uganda Certificate of Education-UCE between 14 and 15 years of age. After passing English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology,…
An increase in measles cases in January and February 2022 is a worrying sign of a heightened risk for the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases and could trigger larger outbreaks, particularly of measles affecting millions of children in 2022, according to the World Health Organisation and UNICEF. The risk for large outbreaks has increased as communities…
Travellers moving in and out of Uganda, are no longer required to have a COVID-19 PCR(polymerase chain reaction) test, as long as they are fully vaccinated. The requirement still stands for those who are not vaccinated as well as those who took only a single jab of the COVID-19 vaccine. The waiver was announced by…
The Government procured 3.4 Million covid-19 vaccines, this is according to records from the Ministry of Health. A total of 44,734,030 vaccines were received, but 3.4 million were procured using gov’t funds. The remaining 41 million doses of vaccines were donations from the United States, Norway, Japan, Britain, China, and Denmark among others. According to…
With fourteen to sixteen people still succumbing to malaria every day, the Ministry of Health (MOH) signed a new $40 million worth grant on Friday to popularize malaria prevention strategies in communities where prevalence is still very high. Dr. Jimmy Opigo who heads the Malaria Control programme in the ministry told journalists that unlike before…
Women in the Busoga region want screening for both Cervical Cancer and Breast Cancer extended to lower health facilities. They say that the lack of screening services has left many women to die silently without intervention. At Jinja regional Hospital, breast and cervical cancer screening is conducted weekly clinic on Wednesdays. Suspected cancer cases from the…