A new drug, Ganaplacide can clear malaria infection including strains that are resistant to the currently commonly used Artemisinin- based Therapies -ACTs, a new study done in seven malaria endemic countries including Uganda has shown. According to a statement by Novartis, a Swiss pharmaceutical company that manufactures the widely used antimalarial drug Coartem, the new…
Members of Parliament want a public holiday declared so as to scale up vaccination of learners in order to achieve the vaccination target required to reopen schools. The MPs on the Parliamentary forum on children noted that the prolonged lockdown on schools has exacerbated cases of defilement, teenage pregnancy and acute malnutrition. The forum together with the…
Uganda has received an additional 335,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The doses were donated by Ireland and received by government officials at the ministry of health and National Medical Stores-NMS. Nicole McHugh, the Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Ireland handed over the vaccine doses to the government through Margaret Muhanga,…
Green cottage clinic in Mukono municipality is under the spotlight for issuing fake COVID-19 test certificates especially to people travelling abroad. Much as the clinic isn’t among those accredited to conduct COVID-19 tests, it issues PCR test results. Trouble for Green cottage clinic started when they issued a COVID-19 negative certificate to Esther Nambowa, 28,…
Kwania district has reported a high incidence of teenage pregnancy in a period of about one and half-year, hence threatening to cut short the pursuit for education amongst girls of school going age. The information was contained in data presented by the district Probation Officer, Moses Opio, during a district steering committee quartly meeting held on Tuesday…
Bushenyi District has registered up to 2,103 cases of teenage pregnancies within eighteen months. According to statistics from the district Probation office, the cases were registered between January 2020 and June 2021 after the first lockdown was announced by President Museveni following the outbreak of COVID-19. The statistics were obtained from various health facilities where…
Private laboratories that had set up COVID-19 testing centres at Entebbe International Airport are seeking a refund for all the funds paid as rent and security deposits to Peniel Beach Hotel. The labs that include City Medicals, Case Medical Centre, and Medipal Hospital are each demanding a refund of USD 18,000 (65 million Shillings), from…
Results from a baseline study conducted among cancer patients receiving treatment at Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) show a link between cancer and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) which triggers a set of conditions that affect the heart and blood vessels such as stroke and coronary heart disease. The 15-months study titled ‘Detecting Subclinical Anthracycline Related Cardiac Dysfunction…
Kitgum District has run out of COVID-19 vaccines. The district received 1,571 doses of the Chinese vaccine Sinovac early this month. This was in addition to 1,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine that had been supplied by the Ministry of Health in August. The acting Kitgum District Health Officer, Dr. Henry Okello Otto told…
At least 26 cases of grade two leprosy disease have been reported in the Acholi Sub Region. Statistics from the Acholi Sub Regional Leprosy coordinator, Jimmy Komakech show that 26 new cases of severe leprosy have been reported with five cases reported in Gulu district. Kitgum, Lamwo and Nwoya have four cases each. The other…