Following the much-anticipated opening ceremony, day two of the 8th South African TB Conference got off to a bustling start at the Durban ICC. Approaches to TB prevention such as TB vaccines, Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy (TPT), HIV, and nutrition took center stage at a roundtable panel deliberation. Among the key speakers, Professor Yogan Pillay, Director…
Summary: Infection rates among incarcerated people are more than twice the national average. But behind bars, basic prevention tools are denied. Reporter Byline: Nakisanze Segawa, GPJ Uganda This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. WAKISO, UGANDA — Livingstone remembers his first and only sexual encounter with a man. It was when he was…
An indoor exhibition featuring photographs by journalists that showcase the stories of women and girls facing challenges in accessing Sexual and Reproductive Health services in Uganda was on display at the Circular Design Hub in Kampala this Tuesday. The exhibition, organized by Akina Mama wa Afrika, a feminist Pan-African leadership development organization, commemorated the International…
In Nabilatuk district, Karamoja, piped water has arrived as a boon to human health. But amid climate change, experts fear clean drinking water promises to become an even more stressed resource. 2 May 2024 by Pius Sawa For many years, Teresa Longole woke up at five in the morning and walked ten kilometres to fetch water…
Diagnosing TB early is key to stopping transmission – and in hard-to-reach areas, an intelligent X-ray machine in a backpack may make all the difference. 24 May 2024 by John Agaba The road to Bukibokolo village in the hills of Bududa, eastern Uganda, was steep and rough – impassable on two wheels, Moses Eyaru concluded. But…
Fatal in almost every case if untreated, the parasitic infection preys particularly on the poor. But Bangladesh has the disease on the retreat – Mohammad al Amin finds out how. 29 May 2024 by Mohammad Al Amin Purobi Bala, the nurse in charge of Medicine Ward No. 7 and 8 of Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) in…
In health care, access to information is often as important as access to medicines. Willy Kamugisha is trying to make sure deaf people aren’t left out. 27 May 2024 by Moses Havyarimana Burundi is striving to improve the quality and the accessibility of health services in the country. Several new hospitals have been built across the country since…
At the World Health Assembly of 1974, countries committed to a programme of routine childhood vaccination. In 1978, Ghana put its pledge into practice. The years since have seen profound, if not always linear, progress. 28 May 2024 by Francis Kokutse Abednego Piedu, a Principal Community Health Nurse, stores a medical delivery into a fridge at…
BGI Genomics has launched its first cervical cancer screening program in Africa, with Rwanda being the initial beneficiary. Initiated in Ngoma District in the Eastern Province of Rwanda, the program will provide 20,000 Human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA tests for local women, aiming to enhance cervical cancer screening and prevention efforts and improve local precision medical…
By Esther Nakkazi In the contemporary academia and the research world, scientific excellence, which brings promotions and recognitions heavily rely on metrics such as the publication’s impact factor, researchers’ ability to secure grants, citation counts and others. This may introduce bias and lacks a wholistic perspective and may not necessarily constitute a proper definition of excellence…