Tag Archives: adolescents

Among people living with HIV the worst viral loads are found among young people Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) is spearheading a transformative initiative to improve viral load suppression among adolescents living with HIV/AIDS (ALHIV) in East Africa. People with HIV should take antiretroviral …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua said on Monday that the government is ramping up efforts to contain the rising new HIV infections among adolescents and young adults. Gachagua, who received Joint United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) Executive Director Winnie Byanyima in the Kenyan …

Sydney, Australia | Xinhua | A new research led by the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) has found that being judged online can negatively affect the mood and cognitive functioning of adolescents. The study, published in the Scientific Reports journal in December 2022, examined the impacts by having …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono health officials have called for the expeditious adaption of sexuality education in schools targeting girls as young as eight years to stem the increasing number of teenage pregnancies. Dr. Stephen Mulindwa, the Mukono District Health Officer says that the number of teenage pregnancies in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sexual reproduction health experts want adolescents taught self-coping mechanisms during the Covid-19 pandemic. Unlike the first wave where Covid-19 infections among young people were low, the second wave has registered a 12% increase in infections among ages 10-19 years. Last month after the President ordered …

  Berlin, Germany | Xinhua | German biotechnology company BioNTech and U.S. company Pfizer have submitted a request to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the approval of an extension of their COVID-19 vaccine use in adolescents aged 12 to 15, the two companies announced on Friday. The submission was based on …

Pfizer-BioNTech says its COVID vaccine 100% effective in teens Berlin, Germany | Xinhua | German biotechnology company BioNTech and U.S. company Pfizer said on Wednesday that their COVID-19 vaccine was 100-percent efficient in children aged between 12 and 15. The BNT162b2 vaccine was “well tolerated” and elicited robust antibody responses that …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Standard Chartered Bank in partnership with BRAC have today (Oct.21) announced a donation of Shs 166million to support adolescents under the ‘goal project’. The project is manned by BRAC, a micro-finance service provider. Executives said in a notice that, the six-month project intervention will seek …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With so much attention now focused on the Covid-19 pandemic, His Highness of the Iteso Cultural Union Papa Emorimor Augustine Osuban decided to inject fresh energy in the fight against the incurable killer disease of HIV/Aids that still kills over 20,000 Ugandans a year even …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers are not using the guidelines offered by the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization to dispense care to adolescents. This is according to preliminary findings of a study on the status of youth friendly services in the country. The Ministry …