More than 91 million Africans live with Hepatitis B or C, which are the deadliest strains of the virus, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) scorecard that was launched yesterday – ahead of today’s World Hepatitis Day. The Viral Hepatitis Scorecard 2021 looks at data from the African region but focuses on Hepatitis B…
The World Health Organization-WHO on Thursday released new guidelines giving countries a green light to use long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV. The guidelines that were released ahead of the annual International AIDS Conference will support countries as they plan for CAB-LA introduction as part of a comprehensive approach to HIV…
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance has opened a process for countries to apply for funding and support to roll out the new malaria vaccine. The global vaccines body has asked Kenya, Malawi, and Ghana to apply to introduce the Malaria vaccine by mid-September 2022. Speaking at the virtual launch, Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi on…
Nobel laureates Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Joseph Stiglitz, have published an open letter with a call for the price of ground-breaking new HIV medicines to be reduced dramatically so that they can be used worldwide by all who need them. Former President of Malawi Dr Joyce Banda and former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, and artists…
The Population Council, a global nonprofit research organization and developer of sexual and reproductive health pharmaceuticals, and the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM), a nonprofit organization that develops HIV prevention technologies for women, have signed an agreement for the Population Council to acquire IPM’s dapivirine vaginal ring pipeline and other assets. IPM and the Council…
A row has erupted over an ambulance from the people of Izimusano City in Japan to the the people in Gulu City, Uganda. The people of Gulu do not want an ambulance donated by Izimusano City to be branded with their member of parliament pictures when she did not buy it for them. Gulu City Council authorities…
Surgeons are now offering clients an option of having endoscopy and laparoscopic surgery, which are relatively new in Uganda but have been in existence for decades in other countries. The first laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed on a human patient was done in 1987 by the French physician Mouret. This was after 1986, following the development of a…
Health activists have renewed the call to expedite the implementation of sexuality education which is key to the fight against HIV/AIDS. The appeal comes months after the high court in Kampala in November last year directed the ministry of education and sports to quickly develop and implement a comprehensive sexuality education policy for learners. According…
Positive Youths in Action (POYA) an advocacy group made up of young people in Masaka are rallying the masses through their creative works to create HIV/AIDS awareness. The youths that are inspiring their colleagues and the general population in fighting stigma amongst people living with HIV/AIDS are thankful to Uganda Cares for bringing them together…
Health activists have raised concern over the high prices of drugs and materials used in testing and treat treatment of HIV/AIDS in the country. With high inflation and rising costs of all commodities, antiretroviral drugs have not been spared. Uganda Care officials say the cost of treatment for one patient has doubled yet funding is…