The Ministry of Health has confirmed 15 Ebola cases in the Greater Kampala region. This brings the total number of patients in the capital to 14 within the last 48 hours. Earlier, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said five cases had been isolated in Kampala, confirming the first known transmission of the virus in the…
Each year, an estimated 1 million people, die from lead poisoning. Millions more, many of them children, are exposed to low levels of lead causing lifelong health problems, including anaemia, hypertension, immunotoxicity and toxicity to the reproductive organs. The neurological and behavioural effects of lead could be irreversible. “Lead exposure is especially dangerous to…
Households in 10 villages in Mahyoro Town Council in Kitagwenda district are accusing the Chinese firm, Tyang Tyang Company of polluting River Buhindagi. The families accuse the company of discharging contaminated water into the river from their gold mines in Kitomi village. The affected villages are Zambia, Karokarungi, Buhindagi, Omukarere, Kyendangara, Kanyabikyere, Bwetuuma, Kitomi, Kitonzi, and Kachindo. River Buhandigi which stretches…
COVID-19 vaccination coverage has stagnated in half of African countries, says the World Health Organization (WHO). The number of doses administered monthly declined by over 50% between July and September, a WHO analysis finds and shows that the percentage of people with complete primary vaccination series (one dose for Johnson and Johnson and two doses for…
The EU has mobilised further emergency funding of €3 million to support the response to the Ebola outbreak in Uganda. The Ministry of Health has confirmed nine cases of Ebola in the Greater Kampala region. This brings the total number of patients in the capital to 14 within the last 48 hours. Earlier, Health Minister…
In the aftermath of the COVID-19, health experts in Acholi Sub-region are registering rising cases of mental illnesses associated with depression. According to the experts, the cases are being registered both among females and males, unlike previously when the bulk of the cases was dominant among males. Data from the hospital shows that 400 patients…
One person has tested positive for Ebola in Manyi Sub County, Mityana District. Mityana is in central Uganda and neighbouring Mubende where the first case was registered. Kapchorwa District in western Uganda is also hunting for an Ebola patient who escaped from Mubende hospital. The resident of Kapchorwa district was an attendant to a patient who…
Jovan Mulondo,13, spent 40 days in an induced coma at TMR International Hospital, fighting for his life after contracting Tetanus disease after an operation. Mulondo’s mother, Victoria Nabiteeko from Kiteezi-Bamba village narrates that her son stepped in hot ash when he was only ten and half years old, which burnt him and they had to…
Dismas Choge, University of Eldoret, Kenya has received a grant worth of $100,000 USD from the Optica Foundation. Choge’s work focuses on the development of tunable multi-color laser for sensing and a case study for hyperspectral detection of water contaminants, will be featured throughout the coming year in Optica Foundation efforts. “The selection committee is inspired by…
Script’s new book aimed at helping to improve the communication of science in Africa has now been published. The book is available for free electronically and to buy in paperback in the CABI Digital Library. ‘Science Communication Skills for Journalists: A Resource Book for Universities in Africa,’ is edited and authored by Dr Charles Wendo…