Friday , March 29 2024
Home / Tag Archives: health (page 22)

Tag Archives: health

Vaccine manufacturing in Africa

Harnessing ways to make it work Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | Africa suffers more than its fair share of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Over 90% of the world’s malaria deaths and 70% of all people living with HIV/AIDS are in Africa. More access to good medicines could significantly reduce this …

Read More »

Conference on Public Health in Africa underway

Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | The second Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA) is underway in Kigali, Rwanda at the Kigali Convention Centre. The conference which officially opened yesterday. Dec 13th, attracted African Heads of State, ministers of health, and leading researchers and scientists. This conference is a platform …

Read More »

Raw honey lowers cholesterol

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new study finds that honey, unlike other sweeteners, may actually be good for cardiometabolic health. The benefits of honey were revealed in studies of people who ate a heavy diet containing 10% or less sugar. The study suggests that honey — particularly raw, …

Read More »

Contacts of Masaka first Ebola patient discharged

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All the 42 people who had been identified as contacts to the first confirmed Ebola case from Masaka district have been discharged from institutional quarantine after showing no symptoms of the deadly virus. These had been identified as Ebola suspects during the contact tracing process …

Read More »

Museveni resurrects COVID-19 restrictions

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Friday evening resurrected COVID-19 restrictions ordering that those who have not been vaccinated to stay away from public gatherings. In a televised address, about the health situation in the country, Museveni said the National Task Force on COVID-19 had reviewed …

Read More »

Four Ebola survivors discharged from Mubende Hospital

Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four survivors, who have been undergoing treatment at the Ebola Treatment Unit – ETU in Mubende have been discharged. They were discharged on Thursday amid jubilation by the health workers, district technical staff, and members of the Ebola Taskforce led by Mubende Resident District …

Read More »