Integrate treatment of HIV/AIDS and NCDs at public health facilities researchers say

By Malik Fahad Jjingo Research shows that the integration of the management of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and HIV/AIDS care in public health facilities are acceptable and beneficial to both patients and healthcare providers.  The integration would also save time and resources for both parties.  Research conducted by the MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit at…

An integrated strategy to address NCDs at primary healthcare facilities unveiled

To tackle the burden of chronic and severe noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) a strategy to address management of severe NCDs at first-level referral health facilities has been unveiled. The Package of Essential Noncommunicable Disease Interventions-Plus (PEN-Plus) strategy builds on the WHO-PEN for integrated detection, diagnosis, treatment and care of non-communicable diseases at primary health care facilities. It was…

African wide campaign to bolster political will for sickle cell prevention launched

A campaign to bolster political will and engagement as well as advocate for financial resources for sickle cell disease prevention and control was launched at a side-event at the seventy-second session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa (RC-72). The campaign seeks to raise public awareness of the disease in schools, communities, health institutions and the…

Pakwach district awareness campaign to reduce teen pregnancies that hit over 7000 in one year

Pakwach district has embarked on a health awareness campaign aimed at the reduction and prevention of teenage pregnancies among its communities. Pakwach district registered 7,760 cases of teenage pregnancies in one year, between May 2021 and May this year. This will be done through an initiative that conducts health camps and outreaches in schools and…

WHO publishes first guidelines for two Ebola treatments

Following a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials, the World Health Organization (WHO) has published its first guideline for Ebola virus disease therapeutics with new strong recommendations for the use of two monoclonal antibody treatments: mAb114 (Ansuvimab; Ebanga) and REGN-EB3 (Inmazeb).  WHO calls on the global community to increase access to these lifesaving medicines. …

Religious, Cultural Institutions need to amplify Children Covid-19 Vaccine message for uptake

By Shiprah Kwagala              In an effort to improve vaccine uptake, the Uganda government has asked religious and cultural institutions to collaborate with it to mobilise citizens during the upcoming mass vaccination drive against Covid-19 this month. The same strategy of collaboration between UNAIDS and the Buganda kingdom attained maximum…