Tag Archives: health

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | A total of 53,660 cholera cases have been confirmed in a multi-country outbreak of the disease since February 2023, the Africa Center for Disease Control (Africa CDC) has said. A total of 13 member countries have reported cholera cases since the beginning of the year, with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has confirmed Associate Professor Peter Ogwang as the true owner of the COVIDEX support drug used on the COVID 19 virus. High Court Judge Musa Ssekaana ruled Friday that the ownership of the COVIDEX drug isn’t contested since Mbarara University …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS has commenced the enforcement of standards on food additives. The additives are substances that are not part of a food or beverage in its natural form but are substances added to preserve, flavor, or enhance taste, appearance, or other …

Rwampara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Allan Twesigomwe, the Rwampara District Health Officer is behind bars at Nyeihanga Police station for alleged forgery and mismanagement of funds meant for Village Health Team (VHT) and Primary Health Care activities. He was picked up on Monday evening by the Rwampara Resident District Commissioner’s office. Jane Muhindo, …

Move underway to expand the initiative Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Phase Two of the Africa Women Health Champions (AWHC) initiative is underway and it will be bigger with an expanded reach. The World Health Organisation Regional Office for Africa (WHO-AFRO) and United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme partnered on Africa …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organizations advocating for the rights of people living with HIV have urged the government to embrace technologies that could help improve access to Antiretroviral Therapies for people living with HIV. While 90 percent of the 1.3 million adult Ugandans living with HIV are …

Experts worried that there hasn’t been progress in over 2 years Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | The prevalence of modern contraceptive use among women of reproductive age has been on the rise in the past years but experts are worried that it is not making progress. According to results from the …

Sighting dementia, MS, and diabetes Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The eyes have long been called the “windows to the soul,” and increasingly, evidence is suggesting that they might be also windows to both the brain and body. Several health conditions can be detected by examination of the eyes, among …

Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | Sex may give a boost to certain aspects of people’s well-being and physical health, some research suggests. However, several studies on the subject are now outdated, and not all potential benefits apply to everyone. Scientific research has highlighted several possible benefits besides procreation that come with …

Dr Jean Kaseya’s Challenge: Advancing Public Health in ‘Post-COVID’ Era Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | Nine months after John Nkengasong left Africa CDC to head PEPFAR, the African Union has now elected a Director General for the continent’s leading public health institution who has the task of finding new ways to …