Health

Washington, United States | AFP | Global consumption of antibiotics has soared since the year 2000, stoking calls for new policies to rein in usage — and fueling fears that the worldwide threat posed by drug-resistant superbugs will spiral out of control, researchers say. A study in the Proceedings of …

Alexandra, South Africa | AFP | Self-testing kits and vending machines distributing prescription drugs are two ways that HIV treatment is being automated to reduce stigma in South Africa, home of the world’s biggest HIV epidemic. With 7.1 million people living with HIV in the country, removing human intervention is …

Paris, France | AFP | Feeling lonely contributes less to the risk of cardiovascular disease than recent research suggests, scientists said Tuesday, but social isolation really does up the odds of dying after a heart attack or stroke. The alleged link between loneliness and heart disease essentially disappears once other …

Paris, France | AFP | Some 300 million people worldwide are living with the deadly hepatitis B virus (HBV), but only one in 20 received adequate treatment, researchers reported Tuesday. For expectant mothers carrying the virus — which can be transmitted to their children — that percentage drops to one …

National Drug Authority should handle the issue of counterfeit drugs through monitoring systems and the law COMMENT | MICHAEL WOIRA | The Uganda National Drug Authority and the Ministry of Health need to urgently reexamine the systems and processes they use to examine all drugs that are being sold by public …

Hepatitis B Vaccine: Experts say it is tip of huge trade in fake drugs in Uganda Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | More Ugandans are infected with Hepatitis B than HIV, the virus which causes the dreaded AIDS. And both infections are spread the same way – through blood and other …

Bethesda, United States | AFP | Christian Hinrichs knew his life had forever changed the day he thought he was pouring milk into a glass, but heard it splashing on the floor instead. It was 2005, and the young cancer surgeon had just undergone the removal of his right eye …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mobile phone addicts, here is a compelling reason to put that device away. A Chinese woman nearly died of a stroke after using her mobile phone for 20 hours. During the long train ride from Henan to Gangzhou, she swiped at her phone to …

  Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kenya Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) is investigating a batch of the antimalarial drug Duo-Cotexcin in the country to ascertain a suspected quality defect. The board confirmed the investigation in a statement, however denying that they had withdrawn the drug from the market. …

Did you know? Eye-drops could replace spectacles Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists at Bar-IlanUniversity’s Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, in Tel Aviv, Israel, claim to have created some truly revolutionary eye-drops that can heal damaged corneas and improve vision. Described as “a new concept for correcting refractory …