Health

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | People allergic to modern life are often diagnosed as sufferers of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) or Environmental Illness. It is a chronic disorder in which exposure to everyday chemicals and technology causes symptoms of varying intensity. Some of the symptoms of MCS are merely annoying …

THIS WEEK: MTN Foundation donates 100 beds to KCCA hospitals Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Nov. 27, MTN Foundation donated 100 beds to nine health centers under the jurisdiction of the Kampala City Council Authority. The beds and amenities including mattresses, bed sheets, blankets and mosquito nets were …

THIS WEEK: Doctors give another ultimatum as they end strike Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For more than three weeks, work in public hospitals had come to a standstill when doctors went on strike on Nov.06 leaving patients unattended to.The doctors who were demanding that government makes a supplementary budget …

THIS WEEK: Uganda gets $478million health grant Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Global Fund and government of Uganda have signed a new grant of $478million to fund HIV/AIDs, malaria and tuberculosis activities. Health minister Jane Ruth Aceng, Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda and US ambassador Deborah Malac witnessed the …

New Delhi, India | AFP | Indian police arrested a man whose stinky socks caused a showdown on a bus as his fellow passengers protested the pungent odour, an officer said Saturday. The man removed his shoes and socks on a bus going from the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh …

Ottawa, Canada | AFP | Men are less likely to test for HIV or access antiretroviral therapy and, therefore, are more likely to die of AIDS-related illnesses than women, UNAIDS said on Friday. Around the world, fewer than half of HIV-positive men are getting treatment, compared to 60 percent of …

  Paris, France | AFP | To young African migrant women seeking help at a centre outside Paris, AIDS is much more than a disease. It is social death. The women, some of whom were infected after being raped on the perilous journey across land and sea to Europe, complain …

Paris, France | AFP | “It’s magic,” said Francois, smiling. “Every time I take a pill I think about the people who aren’t so lucky as to have this option.” Taking a drug normally prescribed to treat AIDS as a way to shield against the deadly disease — known as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health will this month start registering residents of Wakiso and Kampala as it prepares for distribution of free Long Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLIN) in a nationwide campaign against Malaria. Village Health Teams (VHT) members accompanied by the area Local Council One (LC1s) …

Washington, United States | AFP | People who are infected with HIV in the United States often go for years without being diagnosed, with the median, or midpoint, being three years, according to US government data Tuesday. That’s a slight improvement over the previous report in 2011, which found the …