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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has revealed that 21 countries had, by Friday, declared measles outbreaks—an alarming development given that the disease is highly preventable through vaccination. Speaking to journalists during a press briefing, Prof. Yap Boum II, the Deputy …

Researcher says early results are promising, but human trials far off NEWS ANALYSIS | TITILOPE FADARE | When Mutiat Ibrahim, a pharmacognosy researcher at the University of Lagos, began surveying traditional medicine practitioners across Nigeria, she was cataloguing something many in formal medicine had long dismissed—the use of herbal rings and waist beads …

COMMENT | DR AMBROSE OTAU TALISUNA | The untimely death of the Woman Member of Parliament for Kalangala, Hellen Nakimuli, has understandably left many Ugandans in shock. It is reported that she drove herself to a private hospital in Kampala for what was supposed to have been a normal surgical procedure, but …

Lira, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Health has launched the use of Lenacapavir, a revolutionary Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis long-acting injectable drug for HIV prevention in Uganda. The National Launch, which took place at Lira Regional Referral Hospital, was presided over by Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero, the Minister of …

  Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Health will, on Friday, roll out the countrywide use of Lenacapavir injection at Lira Regional Referral Hospital. In July last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) released guidelines recommending the use of injectable lenacapvir(LEN) twice a year as an additional pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda loses over one trillion Ugandan shillings (about 269 million U.S. dollars) annually to malaria, according to estimates by the World Bank, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said Monday, stressing that prevention is key to reversing these losses. Speaking at a retreat of the ruling …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | A specialized breast reconstruction camp at Mulago National Hospital is restoring hope to women living with mastectomy scars and physical deformities. Led by Dr Irene Asaba Mugisha, head of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, the camp provides life-altering breast reconstructions and reduction surgeries, free …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | An anthrax outbreak in the western Ugandan district of Kitagwenda has left three people hospitalized, a health official said Wednesday. District Health Officer Irene Kahimakazi told Xinhua by telephone that three people tested positive out of 10 suspected cases reported earlier this week. Kahimakazi said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators are furious that the refurbishment of X-ray rooms in 20 hospitals is has stalled because of non-compliance to procurement guidelines by the health ministry. The revelation came to light in a report from the Auditor General showing that the non-compliance with Section 60(6) …

Moroto, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | In Karamoja, livestock is not just an asset class; it is the operating system of the local economy. Cattle and goats function simultaneously as savings, insurance, food supply, and social capital. It is within this context that vaccines often treated as a narrow veterinary …