Health

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district has registered 3,484 cases of mental illness in the last nine months. The statistics from the district health department were recorded between July 2021 and March 2022 from the different health facilities. According to the statistics, Awach sub county registered the highest number …

Is it really the most important meal of the day? HEALTH | AGENCIES | Breakfast is often described as the most important meal of the day, but is skipping this morning meal really detrimental to health? Breakfast literally means “to break the fast.” It is the first meal of the …

Ottawa, Canada | Xinhua |  The Public Health Agency of Canada on Monday confirmed a total of 235 cases of monkeypox in the country as of June 24. In a statement, the health agency provided an update on the confirmed cases, including two cases from British Columbia, four from Alberta, …

Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | On June 23, Novartis endorsed the Kigali Declaration on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and announced a five-year financial commitment of $250 million to fight against NTDs and malaria in conjunction with the Kigali Summit on Malaria and NTDs alongside the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government …

Lack of diagnostic facilities escalates the problem Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | The problem of antimicrobial resistance in infectious agents has been rising, and there is global concern that in the absence of interventions to reverse these trends, the means to treat infectious diseases will be limited and out of …

MediProtect is open to the bank customers and any of their nominated dependents, irrespective of age Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic customers are now able to acquire for themselves and loved ones, annual medical insurance cover of up to Shs20million, courtesy of Stanbic MediProtect, a joint offer by …

Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | The monkeypox outbreak does not currently constitute a global public health concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, although the agency called for intense response efforts to control further spread. The rare viral disease, occurs primarily in tropical rainforest areas of Central and …

Monkeypox has emerged as the most prevalent orthopoxvirus infection in humans Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Africa Center for Disease Control (Africa CDC) warned monkeypox cases are increasing across the African continent. Ahmed Ogwell, acting director of Africa CDC, while addressing journalists in his period briefing on Thursday, said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is drafting a policy that will require couples to compulsorily screen for sickle cell before getting married. Charles Kiyaga, the Director of the sickle cell program at the ministry revealed this on Thursday at a convention attended by policymakers, scientists, and …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons Living with HIV/AIDS in greater Arua have been urged to stick to treatment despite the soaring food and other commodity prices. Currently, there are over 400 registered HIV positive patients in Arua city and over 600 in Arua district, who are struggling to survive. …