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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Committee has reiterated the call to recruit health workers at all levels of health facilities saying that whereas government has invested in hardware components within the healthcare delivery system, less attention has been given to critical human resource. This was contained in the …

Do they provide effective lifelong protection against the disease after a single dose? ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Yellow fever is a largely zoonotic disease endemic to South America’s tropical regions and Africa’s sub-Saharan regions. The yellow fever virus belongs to the Flavivirus genus and causes acute febrile hemorrhagic fever and jaundice. …

Civil Society actors want Govt to rethink funding approach to tackle country’s emerging health security threats Kampala, Uganda |  RONALD MUSOKE | Four years since the Uganda government went on a borrowing spree in its response towards the COVID-19 pandemic, civil society actors insist the government must fully account for all the …

Continent can transition from its near-total reliance on the global north for pharmaceutical innovations to meet its unique needs COMMENT | KELLY CHIBALE | One hundred and forty-two years after its discovery, Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global public health problem. Despite being preventable and curable, 1.3 million people died from TB …

But reducing poverty is the best way to end this disease INTERVIEW | TOM NYIRENDA & NADINE DREYER | Every year, 10 million people fall ill with tuberculosis. Even though the disease is both preventable and curable, it kills 1.5 million people each year, making it the world’s deadliest infectious disease. …

It could offer cheaper and easier way to detect the disease HEALTH | YVETTE NAUDE | Detecting tuberculosis early could play a significant role in eradicating the world’s most deadly infectious disease. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says 1.5 million people die from this devastating disease each year. People infected with …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 8,000 residents across Gulu City are set to gain access to clean and safe drinking water following completion of four spring wells, thanks to a collaborative effort between MTN Uganda’s philanthropic arm, MTN Foundation and Safe Water Uganda, a community-based organisation. This initiative, …

Postpartum hemorrhage death largely ended in high-income settings NEWS ANALYSIS  | RONALD MUSOKE | The European Union (EU) has partnered with the African Union (AU) to fund a new project to accelerate access to life-saving medicines by pregnant women in five African countries including; Uganda. Each year, around the world, about …

AU has prioritized vaccine manufacturing for up to 22 diseases NEWS ANALYSIS  | RONALD MUSOKE | The European Union intends to support its partner, the African Union, in its ambitious goal of producing 60% of vaccines on the continent for African citizens by 2040, according to Jutta Urpilainen, the European Commissioner …

ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Ramadan is the month in the Islamic calendar when the Qur’an was revealed to the prophet Muhammad (PBUH). During the month, Muslims abstain from all sensory pleasures (like food and drink, sex, TV and music) from dawn to dusk. The time is centred on prayer, the Qur’an, …