Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | AstraZeneca’s Healthy Heart Africa (HHA) programme marked two years of action against hypertension on May 17, working in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau (UPMB). Since its launch in May 2020, up to the end of March 2022, …
Read More »Patients sleeping on the floor, corridors at Uganda Cancer Institute
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lying on the floor in the corridor of the Uganda Cancer Institute, Resty Nakabito writhes in pain with a drip attached to her wrist. She lies still as she stares up in the air. She is sleeping on a mattress provided by the hospital in …
Read More »Ministry of Health launches sickle cell treatment guidelines
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has launched the first-ever treatment guidelines for sickle cell disease to standardize the kind of care health workers give patients at specific points of care. Launched at an event to mark the International Sickle Cell day on Friday afternoon, Dr …
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