The Lancet study on sickle cell disease (SCD) presents some significant findings regarding its global impact. The study reveals that the number of people living with SCD worldwide has increased by 41.4%, from 5.46 million in 2000 to 7.74 million in 2021. This indicates a substantial rise in the prevalence of the disease. Importantly, the…
If you are a patient seeking health services at Arua Regional Referral Hospital in the West Nile Region and you do not own a smart phone but you need radiology services, chances are that you will be denied treatment. The hospital management claims to have fully operationalized the newly constructed Out Patients Department (OPD0 facility…
A joint study led by researchers from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the University of Birmingham has found a potential solution to reducing deaths due to postpartum hemorrhage. The new solution is called E-MOTIVE. Approximately 14 million women experience this phenomenon each year, leading to around 70,000 fatalities – or one death every 6…
Elite male footballers were 1.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease compared to population controls, according to an observational study published in The Lancet Public Health journal. Among male footballers playing in the Swedish top division, 9% (537 out of 6,007) were diagnosed with neurodegenerative disease, compared to 6% (3,485 out of 56,168) population controls.…
Uganda spends UGX 980 billion or USD $260 million in caring for people living with HIV annually, according to the Uganda AIDS Commission. Dr. Nelson Musoba, Director General of the Uganda AIDS Commission says that out of the total shillings 700,000 is used to care for each victim per year in form of buying…
Biovac, a South African based Bio-pharmaceutical company has concluded a ground-breaking licensing and technology transfer agreement with the South Korean International Vaccine Institute (IVI) for the manufacture of an oral cholera vaccine (OCV). This is one of the remaining steps in the vaccine manufacturing value chain that is currently missing across the African vaccine manufacturing…
By Steven Enatu Over 5000 people HIV positive persons living in Soroti district are not on anti-retroviral drugs says Dr. Baker Bakashaba the Taso Soroti Region project manager. Most of these are young people aged of 20-39 years, majority of them male and who occasionally visit health facilities. He revealed this at the 16th annual center…
The United States Ambassador to the United Nations Thomas Greenfield Linda has said her visit to Uganda this week is aimed at having a conversation with African countries on how to overcome the skyrocketing food prices. Greenfield Linda’s visit comes at the heels of Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov who visited uganda recently. But she says…
After a three day visit, Director of U.S, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – CDC, Dr. Rochelle Walensky says there has been a return on investment to Uganda’s health sector. The CDC also committed to continue to support Uganda’s efforts to scale up border health systems. Dr. Walensky was at the CDC offices inside Uganda Virus Research Institute…
Taking 200mg of doxycycline within 72 hours of condomless sex significantly reduces the risk of gonorrhoea, chlamydia and syphilis among men who have sex with men and trans women. Among those randomized to take doxycycline, 65% fewer were diagnosed with an STI each quarter than those not taking doxycycline. The DoxyPEP study found that participants in…