Health

‘We’re ready’ says Uganda COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Since Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in the country on Sept.20, it has moved swiftly to achieve three main objectives; reducing its spread, minimising number of deaths, and ensuring it does not spread to neighbouring countries. According …

Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA – URN |  The death rate from the newly confirmed outbreak of the Ebola Hemorrhagic fever in Mubende is likely to be low,  according to scientists at the Uganda Virus Research Institute-UVRI. Dr. Julius Lutwama who heads the Department of Arbovirology, Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious …

Lancet report says `hidden pandemic’ kept infection figures low | ANDRE VAN WYK | The global response to the Covid-19 epidemic has been nothing short of a massive failure, according to a study by The Lancet; the world’s highest-impact general medical journal. The peer-reviewed journal explains that millions of deaths …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), has called on Ugandan authorities to intensify surveillance and control measures as the country reported an outbreak of Ebola virus disease. The Africa CDC made the call …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT& XINHUA | Health experts on Tuesday urged Uganda to focus on preventing and controlling the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, noting that there is no vaccine against the rare Sudan strain that broke out in the country. This follows a Tuesday announcement by the ministry …

Nairobi, Kenya  | THE STAR KENYA |   The Uganda government has confirmed an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Mubende District, Uganda. Through the ministry of health,  the confirmed case is a 24-year-old male, a resident of Ngabano village of Madudu Sub County in Mubende District had  EVD symptoms. He …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | When Nighty Akello’s 11-year-old daughter started complaining of pain in her stomach last year, she took it for a mild condition that would disappear in just a matter of days. Akello, a resident of Koch Akili village in Kochgoma sub-county, Nwoya district says that her …

Convidecia Air utilises a nebuliser to change liquid into an aerosol for inhaling through the mouth | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Medical Products Administration of China (NMPA) has approved CanSino Biologics’ (CanSinoBIO) recombinant Covid-19 vaccine (Adenovirus Type 5 Vector) for inhalation, Convidecia Air, as a booster. This vaccine leverages …

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Los Angeles, U.S. | Xinhua | The United States now joins a list of about 30 other countries with circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) identified by the World Health Organization (WHO), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday. The polioviruses found in New York, both from the …