Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said it had prequalified an Ebola vaccine for the first time, hailing a “critical step” towards its licensing, access and roll-out in countries most at risk of outbreaks. “This is the fastest vaccine prequalification process ever conducted by WHO,” …
Read More »Kitgum hospital management renews demands for elevation to referral status
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum General Hospital management have renewed calls to the Health Ministry to elevate the facility to a Regional Referral Hospital. They argue that for long the health facility has been offering health services beyond the level of a district Hospital with limited funding from government. …
Read More »Breakdown of ambulances hindering emergency medical care in Amuru
Amuru, Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district health department is facing difficulties to respond to medical emergencies due to lack of functioning ambulance services. The only two ambulances belonging to the district including one that was donated around 2006 by Medicines Sans Frontiers, an international humanitarian medical non-governmental organization …
Read More »Ministry to resume distribution of recalled hepatitis B vaccines
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is set to resume the supply and distribution of the recalled Hepatitis E vaccines to patients across the country. The drugs, Texavir, manufactured by Cipla Quality Chemical Industries were voluntarily recalled in July this year due to errors in their packaging. …
Read More »‘Sadfishing’ on social media
What you need to know about posting online about emotional distress | THE INDEPENDENT | “Sadfishing” is when someone solicits attention online by posting something emotional. There’s no definitive way to tell whether someone is truly in crisis, so any alarming post should be taken seriously, say experts. Is …
Read More »Art X Lagos, 2019
Premier art fair for the best and the new in Africa ARTS | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | The premier International Art Fair, Art X Lagos, is in its fourth season this year and is offering wider-ranging packages of interest; including a series of curated projects, art talks and live events intended …
Read More »Giving livestock human medicine worsening antibiotics resistance in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Treating livestock with human medicine is now known to increase resistance to antibiotics faster than expected in Uganda, medics have warned. Medical and environmental health practitioners say the practice is tipping the scale of resistance towards epidemic proportions in the near future unless stopped, slowed …
Read More »Minor sues Nsambya hospital for causing her permanent blindness
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A female minor has sued St Francis Hospital, Nsambya, for negligently causing permanent blindness to her by failing to detect sight complications at the time of her birth. She is seeking a compensation of 120 million Shillings from the hospital, managed under Kampala Archdiocese. The …
Read More »Lexus drone points to future motoring
It’s a car that comes with its own dronelike valet to carry your luggage or bring in the groceries. And it has a glass roof that can project an image of a star-fiiled sky at night, screen videos or provide navigation assistance. | THE INDEPENDENT | Luxury car maker Lexus …
Read More »Apaa residents struggle to access health services
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Apaa Township in Amuru district are struggling to access health services. It follows the closure of Apaa Health Centre II two years following a heated disputed between Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) and residents over ownership of the land hosting the health center. Prior …
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