Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The development, implementation and operationalization of a cancer control plan are key in cancer response but Uganda is yet to have one in place. The World Health Assembly passed a resolution in 2005 urging member states including Uganda to develop cancer control programmes and plans …
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It’s not your imagination, you and your baby really are on the same wavelength | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of researchers has conducted the first study of how baby and adult brains interact during natural play, and they found measurable connections in their neural activity. In other words, baby …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As government struggles to ensure that girls of 10 years and above take the full dose of the Human Papilloma Virus-HPV shots, Dr. Jackson Orem, the Executive Director of Uganda Cancer Institute-UCI wants government to consider boys against the same virus too. HPV causes …
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Discovery could lead to improvements in treatment of diseases | THE INDEPENDENT | Does the blood we thought to know so well contain elements that had been undetectable until now? The answer is yes, according to a team of researchers which has revealed the presence of whole functional mitochondria in …
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Bangkok, Thailand | AFP | As doctors scramble to contain the fast-spreading coronavirus, a potent brew of anti-retroviral and flu drugs has emerged as a possible defence against the mysterious sickness that has killed hundreds. But the science is inconclusive on whether they are actually effective and experts say successful treatment …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Institute of Health has stopped administration of vaccinations in its HVTN 702 clinical trial of an investigational HIV vaccine. This is after an independent data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) found during a review that the regimen did not prevent HIV. The study, …
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Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The UN health agency on Tuesday warned cancer cases would rise by 81 percent in low- and middle-income countries by 2040 because of a lack of investment in prevention and care. The Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report that these countries had …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has rolled out free screening and vaccination against hepatitis B in central Uganda. In the past, local leaders and Members of Parliament from Central Uganda have repeatedly petitioned the Ministry of Health demanding for free vaccination against the virus citing prohibitive …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Efforts to eliminate the Foot and Mouth Disease-FMD in Sembabule district could fail due to failure to fully enforce a cattle quarantine. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries imposed a quarantine on the district last year following reported cases of FMD. However, …
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Scientists advise eating more onions and garlic | THE INDEPENDENT | New research examines the consumption of onion and garlic among women and suggests that the vegetables can significantly reduce the risk of breast cancer. Onions and garlic are part of the allium genus, along with leeks, chives, and hundreds …
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