| THE INDEPENDENT | Disruptions to essential health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic are being felt broadly. As the world marks International Women’s Day March 08, a new World Health Organisation (WHO) analysis finds that women’s health services are far from being fully restored, with 40% of African countries reporting …
Read More »Global COVID-19 death toll tops 6million: WHO
Death toll inflicted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has surpassed six million Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua |Â The worldwide death toll inflicted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has surpassed six million, reaching 6,004,421 as of Tuesday, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Globally, as of 4:31 p.m. CET on Tuesday, …
Read More »Obesity, overweight rising in Africa: WHO
Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua |Â One in five adults and one in 10 children and teenagers are projected to be obese by December 2023 in 10 high-burden African countries, if no robust measures are taken to reverse the trends, said the World Health Organization (WHO) regional office for Africa on Thursday. …
Read More »WHO warns of COVID-induced anxiety, depression worldwide
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua |Â The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday of a sharp increase in the prevalence of anxiety and depression related to the COVID-19 pandemic, caused largely by social isolation. Young people and women are the worst hit. According to a scientific brief released by the WHO, …
Read More »Russia-Ukraine conflict could increase large numbers of severe COVID-19 disease: WHO
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua |Â The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday that the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict is likely to drive COVID-19 transmission ever higher and in turn increase the risk of large numbers of people developing severe disease. “WHO is deeply concerned about the unfolding humanitarian emergency in Ukraine,” …
Read More »Half of the antibiotics prescribed in hospitals unnecessary: Experts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Â Half of all antibiotics currently prescribed by doctors are not needed, experts attending World Health Organization-WHO meeting in which they were assessing strides made by countries on implementation of National Action Plans on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) have revealed. Speaking at the meeting on Tuesday, Dr. …
Read More »Development partners push for quarantine centres in Health Bill
Kampala, Uganda |Â THE INDEPENDENT |Â A team of development partners in the health sector have proposed to Parliament to include quarantine centres in the Public Health (Amendment) Bill, 2021 currently being processed by the Committee on Health. The health partners who were represented by officials from World Health Organisation (WHO) and …
Read More »Africa races towards 70-pct vaccination goal despite low immunization rates: WHO
Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua |Â Vaccination rates in Africa remain the lowest in the world, as the continent is “racing towards” the target of vaccinating 70 percent of its population, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday. One year since the COVAX Facility delivered the first COVID-19 vaccines to Africa, …
Read More »Uganda’s per capita health expenditure far below WHO’s recommended standard
Kampala, Uganda | Isaac Khisa |Â Ugandan government has more than doubled the health sector budget since the Financial Year 2015/16 but it still remains inadequate, according to preliminary findings in a study carried out by a civil society organisation, Uganda Debt Network. The study set to be released next month …
Read More »Treating epilepsy
Shortage of drugs worrying | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | The shortage of medication for the treatment of epilepsy in Uganda is a cause of concern within the Ministry of Health and organisations that cater for patients with the disease. This was revealed by Charles Ayoo Akiya, the commissioner of non-communicable diseases …
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