Tag Archives: health

Many women are forced into the industry because of poverty or because, like Kunguja, they’re single parents and must support their families ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | It’s been four months since Sifa Kunguja recovered from mpox, but as a sex worker, she said, she’s still struggling to regain clients, with fear …

Cities are increasingly vulnerable to the devastating health impacts of climate change ANALYSIS | DR. NAVEEN RAO | As climate change intensifies, cities remain dangerously unprepared for its health impacts. From New York City to Nairobi, Berlin to Bangalore, climate change is unmistakably affecting our health. Extreme weather events and rising …

Health experts say their ability to combat infections and save lives are being undermined by superbugs ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on world leaders to increase investment in global public health to effectively address critical emerging challenges such as antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The UNGA79 …

Here’s what it takes to end the new phase that emerged in 2022 INTERVIEW | OYEWALE TOMORI | Barely over a year after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared that mpox was no longer a public health issue of international concern, it is back in the news. This time with a …

Africa CDC’s vaccine hopes rise on Bavarian Nordic pledge ANALYSIS | MELODY CHIRONDA | “The African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is in talks with Bavarian Nordic to facilitate technology transfer for African manufacturers,” said Dr. Jean Kaseya, the Director General of the Africa CDC, who addressed the …

‘Govt has no money to pay Medical Interns’ Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has stated that his government doesn’t have enough money to pay medical interns.  The President proposed that to make the work easier, the person who has been sponsoring the medical student during the medical …

Rockefeller funded research exposes climate related gaps in Uganda’s health future Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | As climate change intensifies, Uganda is experiencing severe health consequences, including floods, droughts, and temperature fluctuations. These environmental changes contribute to waterborne diseases, vector-borne illnesses, malnutrition, and mental health problems. As the Intergovernmental Panel …

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, …