Tag Archives: infections

But not fast enough to meet 2030 targets ANALYSIS | MELODY CHIRONDA | The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has warned that the global AIDS response is in crisis after a major funding collapse at the start of 2025 threatens to reverse decades of progress. New data reveals that …

How they fuel antimicrobial resistance ANALYSIS | SHOBHA SHUKLA | When we go to seek healthcare in hospitals or other healthcare settings, getting infected with hospital-acquired infections instead, is not part of the deal. “Why are hospital-acquired infections so acceptable?” rightly questions Dr Nour Shamas, a Lebanese infectious disease clinical pharmacist, …

Late antenatal care and treatment defaults among pregnant women are a major concern. Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Uganda has made major strides in reducing the number of infants born with HIV, but persistent challenges remain in achieving the goal of zero infections. While the country has implemented effective prevention strategies and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new study published in the Lancet Global Health has revealed that nearly one in three men aged 15 and above globally are infected with at least one type of genital human papillomavirus (HPV). The study also found that one in five men are …

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 …

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Women represent a slightly lower proportion than men in terms of infections and deaths from COVID-19, according to a preliminary analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO) carried out in 28 African countries. The analysis, based on gender-sensitive COVID-19 epidemiological data provided by countries, reveals …

Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The World Health Organization regional office for Africa has said dozens of African countries have experienced a rapid increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in recent weeks. In a statement released on July 8, the WHO regional office said COVID-19 infections in Africa …

Here is why your diagnosis, treatment could be wrong Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Martin Muhangi often gets headache, fever, joint aches and sometimes stomach ache. He has been given medicine from hospital but the ailments persist. But the bank teller in Kampala is more frustrated because the doctors keep …

By Abushede Angella People should also cover their mouths when sneezing or coughing The hospitalisation of former South African President, Nelson Mandela has once again drawn attention to the medical challenge posed by lung infections among the elderly. Mandela is 94-years old. He was rushed from his home in Johannesburg …