Health

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA | Xinhua | The number of mpox cases reported in Africa in the past three months has been more than half of the total reported in the whole 2024, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The continent has reported 39,840 mpox cases …

I congratulate and pay tribute to the Church for consistently being co-workers with government in advancing the growth in the health and education sectors, efforts which have uplifted lives and created a vast pool of competent human capital necessary to drive the transformation agenda of Uganda. COMMENT  |  ANITA ANNET …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda has started a mass yellow fever vaccination exercise in the eastern part of the country after six confirmed cases were reported, a health official said. The exercise, which started Thursday, targets 4.3 million people in 19 districts, said Fred Nsubuga, senior medical officer at …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda’s Ministry of Health said Friday that an anthrax outbreak in the northeastern and western regions of the country has left three people dead and several others hospitalized. The ministry noted in a health situation update report that two deaths, one laboratory-confirmed case and another …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Results of a new audit by the World Health Organization (WHO) across 108 country offices in low- and lower-middle-income countries show that many countries are working to increase or reallocate funding from domestic and alternative external sources to address gaps left by the withdrawal of …

East Africa posts the sharpest decline in maternal deaths in Africa as fatalities dropped 40%  on the continent between 2000 and 2023, thanks to skilled delivery care and improved reproductive health — even as some major economies on the continent struggle with gaps in reproductive healthcare. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD …

Kampala, Uganda | Apophia Agiresaasi Global Press Journal Uganda |  Days after an emergency cesarean section at a private clinic, Barbara Kwarikunda experienced excruciating pain. “I couldn’t eat,” she says. “I would feel pain whenever someone touched me. My stomach was swollen. I felt like something was bursting in my uterus.” Visits to …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government of Uganda has received over 1,000 litres of biolarvicide from the United Republic of Tanzania to support efforts in eradicating malaria and other vector-borne diseases in the country. The donation follows a sideline meeting between Zanzibar President Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi and Uganda’s …

KABALE, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people are admitted and isolated at Kabale regional referral hospital, after the outbreak of Anthrax, in Kabale district. The disease has been reported in Kyanamira and Buhara sub-counties. The disease has also killed seven cows, according to a report from the office of …

Experts advise on how country can build sustainable systems ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | When U.S. President Donald Trump on March 06 announced aid suspension to South Africa over a disagreement, it was a vindication for the country. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa confidently made the point to Trump in a …