It starts when the safety of health workers is not a priority Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | The Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) says to ensure patient safety; priority should be placed on safety of health workers. Moses Mulumba, the executive director of CEHURD, says the …
Read More »Many Africans wary of COVID-19 vaccination amid ongoing misinformation: AU
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Ongoing misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines is contributing to many people across Africa to be skeptical of getting COVID-19 vaccine jabs, the African Union (AU) has said. The statement was made by William Carew, head of the Secretariat of AU’s Economic Social and Cultural Council, as …
Read More »Why TB goes undiagnosed
New research shows what must be done about it | THE INDEPENDENT | Early diagnosis is crucial for the effective management of any disease. In Africa, this is not always possible which affects the ability of countries to bring diseases under control. Wilber Sabiiti, a Senior Research Fellow in Medicine, …
Read More »Only 2 pct of world’s COVID-19 vaccines administered in Africa: WHO
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Africa has been “left behind by the rest of the world” as only two percent of the more than 5.7 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses administered globally have been administered there, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, warning the world against vaccine …
Read More »COVID-19 variants prolong Africa’s pandemic wave: WHO
Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua | The downward trend of COVID-19 pandemic in Africa is affected by the impact of transmissible variants, especially the Delta variant, warned Thursday the World Health Organization (WHO). Weekly COVID-19 cases in Africa fell by more than 20 percent, the sharpest seven-day decline in two months, as …
Read More »WHO calls for extension of moratorium on COVID-19 booster doses
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Wednesday for an extension of a global moratorium on COVID-19 booster doses, with an aim to enable every country to vaccinate at least 40 percent of its population. “A month ago, I called for a global moratorium on booster …
Read More »DR Congo declares meningitis outbreak in north-eastern province
Kinshasa, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | An outbreak of meningitis has been declared in the northeastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement on Wednesday. The DRC “has declared an outbreak of meningitis in the northeastern Tshopo Province where 261 …
Read More »No dividend for Cipla shareholders
The company’s trading price has tumbled to less than Shs100 per share, down from Shs 256.5 IPO level Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Shareholders of drug maker, Cipla Quality Chemicals Ltd will not earn a dividend for the second consecutive year even after reporting a more than 50% drop …
Read More »WHO chief urges joint efforts to prevent future COVID-19-like pandemic
Kathmandu, Nepal | Xinhua | World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday called for countries to work together to ensure that a pandemic at the magnitude of COVID-19 shall not occur again in the near future. “The pandemic’s impact differs from country to country,” Ghebreyesus said at the …
Read More »Researchers want drug regulators to relax approval process for Covid-19 herbal treatments
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Researchers in herbal medicine want medicine regulators to relax approval requirements for medicines being developed to manage Covid-19. Before the National Drug Authority-NDA approves a herbal drug for use, the manufacturer needs to present at least two samples of the drug to the World Health …
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