Health

Parliamentary Forum on Malaria wants government to dedicate Shillings 250 billion to fighting malaria for a period of five years Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Forum on Malaria is calling for the mainstreaming of the fight against malaria as a means to kick the disease completely out of the …

Chancellor Prof Charles Olweny hails record number of graduands at Mbarara University Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Students and staff of Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) have been challenged to resolve conflicts intellectually, and avoid strikes. “There has been a lot of unrest at public universities. There have …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | There is a need for African governments to invest in community outreach programs aimed at combating vaccine hesitancy that has undermined the fight against infectious diseases including COVID-19, an African expert said on Saturday at the start of African Vaccination Week. The African Vaccination Week that …

Delayed measles immunization on the continent could cause a resurgence of the disease Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Several African countries could experience an outbreak of measles amid stalled vaccination against the viral disease linked to COVID-19 disruptions, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday ahead of the African …

✳ High-level vaccine efficacy of 77% in African children achieve WHO-specified efficacy goal of 75% ✳ Vaccine, trialled in 450 children, shows favourable safety profile and was well-tolerated ✳ Vaccine candidate, R21/Matrix-M, has excellent potential for large-scale manufacturing and low-cost supply London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Researchers from the …

WHO says 650,000 children in 3 African countries get malaria vaccine Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | More than 650,000 children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have received the malaria vaccine in the last two years since its launch, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday ahead of World Malaria …

    Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited has been approved to market antiretrovirals and malaria medicines  to the ECOWAS and ZAZIBONA regions Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited (CiplaQCIL) recently acquired approval to manufacture and distribute lifesaving medicines to the ECOWAS and ZAZIBONA regions in Africa. The company was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  A big percentage of people who end up presenting with cancer of the stomach and digestive system complications have been wrongly treated for ulcers, according to experts.  They revealed this while launching a medical camp scheduled to take place at Mulago Specialised National Referral hospital …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Gulu District health department has failed to enrol back 9,000 people living with HIV on the life-prolonging Anti-Retroviral therapy after abandoning treatment during the nationwide lockdown because of the COVID 19 pandemic. Statistics from the health department show that only 18,000 out of the 27,000 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Every Ugandan will have to pay a minimum of 100,000 Shillings in annual premiums if they want to access health care under the National Health Insurance scheme. According to the current bill, all persons aged 18 and above are liable to making contributions.  Employees in …