Survey exposes extent of danger to children in Kenya and Uganda ANALYSIS | MERCY SHIBEMBA | A recent survey which assessed the availability of paediatric antiretroviral formulations across health facilities in Uganda and Kenya has revealed that recommended medications for children were only available in 52% and 64% of Kenyan and …
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WHO charts new path for action against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) ANALYSIS | SHOBHA SHUKLA | Protect the medicines that protect us and ensure that all those who need them can access them, says Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director General of The World Health Organization (WHO). He was speaking at a …
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Move is part of wide programme that involves routine multivalent meningitis, human rabies, and hepatitis B birth dose vaccination ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | In a historic step, preventive Ebola vaccination will become the norm in the highest-risk countries, courtesy of GAVI, the public-private partnership Vaccine Alliance that brings together developing …
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NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | The rollout of a vaccination drive to prevent healthcare workers in Africa from contracting the Ebola virus while on duty is in the works, a senior official from GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance has said. Francisco Luquero, GAVI’s head of High-Impact Outbreaks said that inoculating frontline …
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Women with the gene mutation weigh extra 4.6kg and men extra 2.4 kg, according to study ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Obesity isn’t just a matter of food and exercise – it may be in your genetic code, according to new research. “Obesity’s causes are very complex and in the majority of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is soon introducing the National Physical Activity Guidelines to control non-communicable diseases. Speaking to journalists at the ministry headquarters on Thursday, Dr. Gerald Mutungi, the Assistant Commissioner of the Non-Communicable Diseases Department, said that the guidelines have been developed through the guidance …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Politicians and activists want the Ministry of Health to list sunscreen lotions among essential medicines at lower health facilities. They say that will ease access for persons living with albinism. A sunscreen lotion is very important for people with Albinism to avoid damage …
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Improvements could add years to life and life to years – and potentially boost the global economy by $1 trillion ANALYSIS | MELODY CHIRONDA | Maternal health, which refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, according to WHO Africa, faces a troubling trend worldwide. Seven …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On June 6, Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited (SUHL), the parent company of Stanbic Bank donated equipment worth Shs20 million to Mbale Referral Hospital and Maluku Health Center III, as part of its Corporate Social Investment. The support aims to improve maternal healthcare services across the …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of a maternity ward at Rukoki HCIV in Kasese District has been launched. The project is funded by the government and will be constructed by the UPDF Engineering Brigade at 400 million shillings. In 2021, a fire gutted the Rukoki Health Centre IV …
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