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Kampala, Uganda | SPECIAL FEATURE |  Beyond the familiar foes Ugandans face such as malaria, HIV, and AIDS, a common but invisible enemy, cancer, has been on the prowl, silently stalking and slowly but steadily killing many. Cancer comes in different types as many as the drugs one must take …

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA | Xinhua | The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said mpox vaccination could start “in the coming days” as the number of cases surges across Africa. Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya, while addressing a special online media briefing Tuesday on the multi-country mpox …

WHO has declared it a global health emergency ANALYSIS | C RAINA MACINTYRE | The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern, after rising cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the potential for further spread. This now triggers a coordinated international …

To mark World Humanitarian Day on 19 August, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issues a call to stop the intensifying attacks on healthcare workers, hospitals and other health services, which often offer the only hope for saving the lives of people caught up in the horror of needless conflict. …

Most noted are Antibiotics, antimalarial, and antihypertensive medicines ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 23% of medicines used in African medical facilities are either substandard or falsified. This includes medicines that do not meet quality specifications and are deliberately substandard or falsified and circulated in the market. Sadly, many substandard, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Agriculture Research Organisation (NARO) has started piloting the anti-tick vaccine in preparation for production planned for next year. Speaking to URN in an interview, Andrew Kiggundu NARO’s Principal Research Officer said that initial doses have been produced following a greenlight from clinical …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For the second time in three years, the Uganda Veterinary Association (UVA) AGM, exhibition and symposium will be held in the cattle corridor. The theme this year is ” Veterinarian’s role in health and wealth creation.” Hundreds of veterinarians, veterinary paraprofessionals, and thousands of livestock …

Elegu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health officials in Amuru District are investigating a suspected case of Mpox disease,  reported at the Uganda-South Sudan border town of Elegu over the weekend. Dr. Alfred Okello, the Acting Amuru District Health Officer says a Ugandan male adult was taken into isolation on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government is working on a Cabinet paper to address both short-term and long-term needs of waste management, the Prime Minister has told Parliament. Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja was responding to concerns raised by Members of Parliament (MPs) following the collapse of the Kiteezi …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Non-Communicable Diseases Researcher at the Makerere University School of Public Health has expressed an urgent need to address the high rates of medical errors that exist in the healthcare system. Dr Geofrey Musinguzi who has just recovered from rectal cancer reveals doing numerous …