Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | South Sudan on Sunday declared an outbreak of measles following a constant rise in the number of confirmed cases over the last 38 epidemiological weeks. John Rumunu, director general for Preventive Health Services in the Ministry of Health, said 31 deaths and 2,471 measles cases have been …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Medical Director of St Joseph Hospital, Kitgum Dr Pamela Atim has called for support to expectant mothers to enable them to cover health expenses and deliver safely from health units. Dr Atim says that although the health facility serves more than 4,000 expectant mothers …
Read More »Bodybuilders dying as coaches, judges encourage extreme measures: U.S. media
New York, U.S. | Xinhua | Bodybuilders around the world are risking their lives and sometimes dying for the sport they love because of extreme measures that are encouraged by coaches, rewarded by judges and ignored by leaders of the industry, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. A review of hundreds …
Read More »Malaria cases, deaths remain stable in 2021: WHO
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The global number of malaria cases and deaths generally remained stable in 2021, thanks to redoubled efforts by affected countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. According to the WHO’s latest World Malaria Report, there were an estimated 619,000 malaria deaths globally in 2021, …
Read More »How NMS is harnessing technology to counter theft of medicines in Public Hospitals
SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | Ten years ago, in-charges of health facilities would make paper-based orders to National Medical Stores (NMS) for medicine deliveries. Quite often, mistakes would happen in making orders and sometimes, these papers would get lost. Moreso, paper-based work was so time-consuming and laborious. In 2019, …
Read More »Low-carb, high-fat diets help mitigate chemotherapy side effect: study
Shanghai, China | Xinhua | A Chinese research group found that the low-carb, high-fat diet may help alleviate the adverse effect in blood for those cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The study published on Thursday in the journal Science Translational Medicine showed that the ketogenic diets given to rodents and humans could …
Read More »KCCA, ministry of health embark on Ebola sensitization ahead of christmas
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and Ministry of Health (MOH) have launched the Ebola sensitization campaign in markets, taxi parks, bus parks and Bodaboda stages ahead of Christmas festivities. These places attract a huge numbers of people moving from one place to another. The …
Read More »AstraZeneca’s Healthy Heart Africa programme set to expand in Africa
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | AstraZeneca has announced a planned expansion of its access to healthcare programme, Healthy Heart Africa (HHA), to 10 new countries, starting in 2023. The programme, which is currently present in nine countries including Uganda, is designed to contribute to the prevention and control of hypertension …
Read More »Museveni resurrects COVID-19 restrictions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Friday evening resurrected COVID-19 restrictions ordering that those who have not been vaccinated to stay away from public gatherings. In a televised address, about the health situation in the country, Museveni said the National Task Force on COVID-19 had reviewed …
Read More »Face masks help prevent spread of respiratory infections: study
Helsinki, Finland | Xinhua | Face masks can help prevent transmission of respiratory infections, a new study published this week shows. The study carried out by the University of Helsinki in cooperation with Stanford University, the University of Missouri, and Swansea University, systematically reviewed all the studies on the issue conducted between …
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