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New HIV infections pose a big threat

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Uganda prepares to commemorate World AIDS Day on December 1st, the country faces a significant challenge due to the high number of new infections, posing a threat to the goal of ending the epidemic by 2030. Dr. Nelson Musooba, the Director General of …

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WHO Director-General Dr Tedros honoured with lifetime achievement award in public health

Lusaka, Zambia |  Melody Chironda  ALL AFRICA COM |  In recognition of his unwavering dedication to advancing global health and his transformative leadership during unprecedented crises, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), was bestowed with the prestigious 2023 CPHIA Lifetime Achievement Award in Public Health. This …

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Experts suggest DNA tests should be done during pregnancy

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts attending a dialogue on ethics in the use of emerging medical technologies for DNA testing have expressed need for a stringent policy that provides for doing paternity tests in early childhood or never. Speaking at a meeting held at Uganda Management Institute on …

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C-Care Uganda marks men health awareness ‘Movember’

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | C-Care Uganda, Uganda’s largest private healthcare network, has this month, joined the rest of the world to raise men’s health awareness, with special attention to testicular and prostate cancers. The healthcare providers kicked off the month by providing discounted prostate and testicular cancer screening …

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Brain draining Africa

Trainee doctors are (barely) holding healthcare together ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | As the Global North poaches African doctors, healthcare falls to overworked and unmentored interns, some of whom learn medical procedures from YouTube. Fifteen of the world’s (fiscally) richest countries have over 55,000 African doctors in their health systems, a new …

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Uganda embraces digital health innovation

National Health Information Exchange Registries Services Components launched Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Uganda is at the forefront of a groundbreaking digital health transformation, harnessing the power of innovative technologies to revolutionise healthcare delivery and address long-standing inefficiencies. The recently concluded Uganda Digital Health Conference 2023, held under the theme …

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Lessons on project management

The book, ` How Big Things Get Done’ by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner which was published this year in February. It explains why many projects fail (go over budget, time or are never finished) and what strategies exist to make projects less likely to fail. BOOK | THE INDEPENDENT …

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Italy enacts ban on lab-produced meat

Rome, Italy | Xinhua |  Italy has become the first country in the world to ban the production, sale and import of cultivated meat — a term derived from the way it is produced by the cultivation of animal cells rather than through the slaughter of animals. The ban also …

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NMS to begin distribution of vaccines to the last mile

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  In line with the Government of Uganda’s commitment to increasing the availability of vaccines and improving cold chain capacity, the Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has launched the ‘Vaccine Last-Mile Delivery’ program, where National Medical Stores (NMS) will deliver vaccines to the …

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