By Esther Nakkazi The African region has seen a steady decline in new COVID-19 cases over the past two months, the World Health Organisation reports. Starting 20 July to September 20th, 77,147 new cases were reported, down from 131,647 recorded from May 20th to mid-July. Deaths attributed to COVID-19 have also remained low in the…
By HEJNU Fifty-four countries have signed up to a ground-breaking initiative, which aims to secure at least 220 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine once licensed and approved, the World Health Organisation has announced. The governments will secure the vaccine through COVAX, a global initiative that is co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations…
Togo has received validation from the World Health Organization (WHO) for having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis or “sleeping sickness” as a public health problem, becoming the first country in Africa to reach this milestone. Sleeping sickness is caused by parasites which are transmitted by infected tsetse flies and is only found in 36 countries in…
There is a haze surrounding COVID-19 in the media at a time when the public looks to us to help them understand what scientists are saying. The imperative is that journalists need to rapidly cultivate greater clarity about: How science works How scientists can differ in translating certainties/uncertainties in the evolving science of COVID 19…
Government seeks to test 320,000 HIV positive people. Makerere Joint Aids Program(MJAP) has devised new models for HIV testing though targeted community outreaches with index clients,assisted partner mitigation and pattern testing. MJAP reveals 1,35million people in Uganda living with HIV/AIDs. HIV prevalence at 14years old for both girls and boys stands off at 0.5% while…