Health official list challenges hinder birth dose vaccination efforts Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Despite the introduction of the Hepatitis B (HBV) birth dose vaccine in 2023, public health officials acknowledge persistent challenges in achieving optimal immunisation coverage for new-borns. A major obstacle is the high number of births occurring …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Activists attending the ongoing International AIDS Conference in Munich Germany have asked the manufacturer of injection Lenacapavir (LEN) which was recently proven to be safe and highly effective at preventing HIV to reduce its prices to make it affordable for all. The drug which is …
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But there is a wide range of cognitive performance within each chronotype ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | A person’s chronotype defines what time of the day a person is most active based on their sleeping patterns. For example, are you the type of person who wakes up early and is most active …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts have expressed concern that authorities in Uganda cannot ably investigate and document cases of psychological torture. Alex Kigoye, the head of Programs at the African Center for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (ACTV) says that it is worrying that even when cases …
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Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Council for Higher Education- NCHE has accredited FINS Medical University to offer new courses of Bachelor of medicine, and Bachelor of Pharmacy. According to a letter dated July 12th signed by Prof. Mary Okwakol, the Executive Director NCHE and sent to …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers in the West Nile are sighing with relief and now have reason to smile following the commissioning of an electronic recruitment system hub for the sub region. The facility which is located at Arua Regional Referral Hospital Out Patients Department (OPD) in Arua …
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GENEVA | TASS | A new pandemic may strike at any time, World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned, addressing a session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) working on a draft agreement to prevent pandemics. “As the current outbreak of H5N1 reminds us, the next pandemic …
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It can lead to a lifetime of health problems ANALYSIS | MATTHEW CHERSICH & DARSHNIKA PEMI LAKHOO | Climate change is one of the greatest public health threats humanity has ever faced. Global warming is part of this threat. Increasing temperatures are linked to deteriorating health, especially in vulnerable populations, including …
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75% of Infants in Low Vaccine Coverage Countries Face Rising Measles Outbreaks, New Data Reveals HEALTH REPORT | THE INDEPENDENT | Global childhood immunization coverage stalled in 2023, leaving 2.7 million additional children un and under-vaccinated compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, according to data published on Monday by the …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Families grieving for relatives who succumb to terminal illnesses can benefit from a new grief and bereavement care service being piloted by palliative care providers. According to Iddi Matovu, a Public Health Specialist at Kitovu Mobile, a palliative care provider that’s piloting the care …
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