A first-of-its-kind World Health Organization (WHO) Global report on sodium intake released on Wednesday shows the world is off-track to achieve its global target of reducing sodium intake by 30% by 2025. Sodium, an essential nutrient, increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, and premature death when eaten in excess. The main source of sodium…
Experts have pointed out gaps in data as one of the challenges affecting the effective provision of Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services. While the provision of medical services is going digital globally, local obstetricians and Gynecologists under the Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Uganda (AOGU) have expressed frustration over the fact that they still have…
The increasing number of people undergoing unnecessary Computed Tomography (CT) scans as the service becomes more available, especially in privately-run health facilities in the country, has raised concern among experts. Speaking during a regional meeting on the optimization of radiation protection of patients in Computed Tomography organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on…
Jessica Avol 19, counts herself lucky among teenage mothers to be back at school, thanks to talk therapy sessions that saw her fighting depression and stigma. In 2019, Avol who was 17 years dropped out of school while in senior two at Kitgum Standard Secondary in Kitgum Municipality school due to school fees challenges. The…
The Ministry of Health has launched a new HIV blood self-testing kit, which has been piloted and found effective for use among university students. The Health Minister, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, says that the test kit dubbed “Check Now” was developed by global medical device company Abbott and tested for effectiveness by the Uganda Virus Research…
By Malik Fahad With the increase in traffic crashes in the country, health activists are advocating for the use of preventive measures to reduce the number of lives lost in traffic crashes and diseases. The activists have started a safety campaign named Yambabla4me (Wear it for me) in Masaka region rallying journalists, leaders and health…
By Nakisanze Segawa, Global Press Journal Uganda. This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. LWENGO, UGANDA — Ahmed was certain the test result was wrong. It was 2003, and he and his five months-pregnant wife were at a health facility where she was getting a checkup. As staff did for all expectant…
Repealing discriminatory laws against people living with HIV/AIDS saves lives and helps advance the end of the pandemic, says Winnie Byanyima, the Executive Director of UNAIDS. Byanyima observes that criminalizing laws chase people away from life-saving treatment and need to be removed. This was part of her message as the world marks Zero Discrimination Day,…
There are mixed feelings amongst scientists over complaints from some doctors about the duration of training heart disease specialists, saying that it is too long and pushing away many from specializing in cardiology. Speaking at a meeting attended by experts in heart disease from a number of countries across the world, Dr. Johnson Kansiime, the…
Delays in recommendation of remdesivir for patients with COVID-19 adversely shaped antimicrobial policy in hospitals around the world, preventing patients from receiving timely remdesivir says The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, at the 30th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). Remdesivir is a viral RNA polymerase inhibitor. An individual patient data meta-analysis has added relevant scientific evidence…