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Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda on Tuesday recorded its highest cases of COVID-19 after 701 people tested positive for the disease. The cases were part of 5,578 samples that were tested. According to the Ministry of Health, the highest numbers of reported cases were from Kampala with 290 positives …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Only 10 to 15  per cent of COVID-19 infections are currently detected in the country according to the ministry of health. At the moment, 4,000 samples are tested on average every day.  However, health experts say this figure does not represent the actual number of …

Kalungu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The extensive use of herbal concoctions in COVID-19 management in Kalungu district has drawn concern from scientists conducting a Community Survey on the impact of the pandemic.  Teams of scientists from the Medical Research Council of Uganda (MRC-U) from the field station in Kyamulubwa Sub …

Dokolo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Anyacoto Health Center II, the only government health facility in the newly created Okwongodul Sub County in Dokolo district is operating without functional toilets, URN has learnt. Found in Anyacoto Village, Anyacoto Health Center II serves over 30,000 people.  Information obtained by Uganda Radio Network-URN …

  Manama, Bahrain | Xinhua |  Bahrain’s health regulator on Friday announced the authorization of emergency use of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. “Bahrain has approved the emergency use of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that will be used for high risk groups,” said the National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA). It added that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry is planning to change the treatment protocol for severe malaria. According to health ministry officials, they want to replace Artemether-Lumedantrine(AL) with Dihydroartmetisinin- Piperaquine(DP) as a first line drug for patients being treated for severe malaria. Currently, persons diagnosed with severe malaria are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A tool that will guide countries on how they can use an Ebola vaccine in case of an outbreak has been launched by scientists. The tool called Ebola Vaccine 3C Gap Analysis and Dissemination that was launched in Lira is supposed to clearly define conditions …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A new study has revealed that if children are given a prophylaxis malaria dose for three months after they are discharged, the number of malaria-related deaths or re-admissions are reduced up to 70 percent.  A total of 1,049 children under the age of five took …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new alliance, the Africa Infodemic Response Alliance (AIRA), to coordinate actions and pool resources in combating misinformation around COVID-19 pandemic and other health emergencies in Africa. Digital platforms have been flooded with COVID-19-related information since the pandemic …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | On Tuesday veteran journalist Suleiman Tuguragara Matojo Ssalongo passed away at Mulago hospital. At the time of his death, he was working for Crooze FM radio station in Mbarara. Matojo started his media career in the 1980s at Uganda Broadcasting Corporation formerly Radio Uganda where …