A litany of issues preventing people in low and middle-income countries from accessing COVID-19 vaccines, tests, and treatments have been misrepresented as vaccine hesitancy, according to new report from Matahari Global Solutions, the People’s Vaccine Alliance, and the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC). Researchers studying communities in fourteen low and middle income countries and territories…
By HEJNU Digital technology plays a vital role in protecting medical personnel by limiting direct contact with patients, disinfecting controlled environments and disseminating public health and emergency messages. These digital technology-based solutions were triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic to an unprecedented levels demanding for in screening populations, tracking infections and minimizing direct human contact. “COVID-19…
By Bright Kaana Godfrey Semanda’s reality hit home when he was denied services because he was not vaccinated. Semanda, a resident of Nabweru, Kira division in Kira Municipality, is probably one of the many residents who have been denied access to government programs especially when the country was battling the peak of Covid19. At the…
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…
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…
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…
Mr. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe the President of Togo officially opened the seventy-second session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa (RC-72) on Monday, 22 August 2022. This is the most important meeting on public health in Africa bringing together 47 Ministers of Health in the WHO African Region with the aim of defining health priorities for…
Women in Otuke district would rather deliver their children at a health facility but the high fuel prices won’t let them travel. Now the only option left are home deliveries after a liter of petrol in Otuke bow costs Shillings 8,000 from Shillings 4,500 early this year while a liter of diesel costs Shillings 6,700 from 3,500.…
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…
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared a resurgence of Ebola, following confirmation of one case in the country’s eastern province of North Kivu. A 46-year-old woman died on 15 August 2022 in Beni, a town located in North Kivu. She received care at the Beni Referral Hospital, initially for other ailments,…