Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | To improve access to information and services on Sexual and Reproductive Health Services for young people, Reach A Hand Uganda (RAHU) is actively providing free sexual and reproductive health services to residents in various communities as part of its ongoing Safe Love campaign. The initiative …
Read More »Impact of US$950m USAID funding freeze
How US funding suspension is threatening health and research programs ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Malaria vaccination and HIV treatment are among numerous health programmes at risk in Uganda as the country’s science research centres suffer the impact of a U.S. freeze on overseas aid. Makerere University Kampala, one of Uganda’s leading …
Read More »US exits WHO and USAid freezes funds
Health scholar explains why that leaves healthcare in Africa on brink of crisis INTERVIEW | U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that the U.S. will leave the World Health Organisation. And a 90-day freeze has been placed on money distributed by the US Agency for International Development (USAid) pending a …
Read More »LUKWAGO: Besigye needs specialized medical care
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, who also serves as the lawyer for detained four-time presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye, has called for his client to receive specialized medical treatment at a hospital of his choice, citing serious health concerns. Besigye was rushed from Luzira …
Read More »Ugandans fear AIDS will spread as Health Clinics close
As US President Donald Trump ends nearly all foreign aid funding, access to medicines that have suppressed an epidemic for decades will disappear. Kampala, Uganda | Nakisanze Segawa Global Press Journal Uganda | Clinics that provide medicine to people with HIV/AIDS, as well as drugs that prevent transmission of the virus, closed here …
Read More »Parents’ eating behavior influences how their children respond to food
Young children often display similar eating behavior as their parents, with a parent’s own eating style influencing how they feed their children ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Young children often display similar eating behaviour as their parents, with a parent’s own eating style influencing how they feed their children, research at Aston …
Read More »Uganda conducts first ever Ebola Sudan vaccine trial
It is also the first clinical trial of the vaccine during an outbreak Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners on Feb.03 launched a first-ever clinical efficacy trial for a vaccine from Ebola from the Sudan species …
Read More »Antibiotic resistance is here, millions are dying
Scientists and doctors can’t keep up with the tidal wave of people whose bodies don’t respond to basic antimicrobial treatment Kathmandu, Nepal | Global Press Journal TEAM | For years, Radha Lama bought antibiotics in bulk at a clinic near her home in Kathmandu, Nepal. She took the pills whenever she had a …
Read More »Race on to stop climate destroying our health
As the planet is ravaged by heatwaves, droughts, floods and cyclones, economists are calling for better investment in health to save millions ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | With 2024 being the hottest year on record, in which the Earth for the first time saw more than 1.5°C of warming since pre-industrial temperatures, …
Read More »Heart attacks, high blood pressure on the rise
INTERVIEW | What does air pollution have to do with it? Air pollution has an alarming effect on global health. In 2019, it was responsible for 4.2 million global deaths. Inhaling air pollution harms health in many different ways beyond simply having effects on the lungs. Over 70% of air pollution …
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