Tag Archives: health

BEIJING | Xinhua |  Chinese scientists have discovered the core pathological brain network for Parkinson’s disease, and direct medical intervention targeting this network in clinical studies has achieved positive outcomes. The findings, made by a research team led by Professor Liu Hesheng from Changping Laboratory in Beijing, were published in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A study by a team of scientists at the Uganda National Institute of Public Health reveals that most of the early cases of Mpox who sought care at private health facilities were misdiagnosed. More than half of the first confirmed patients initially sought care …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The siblings of Winnie Byanyima, the wife of former Presidential Candidate Dr Kiiza Besigye have appealed to President Yoweri Museveni to allow Besigye to receive specialised medical treatment outside Luzira Prison, where he has been detained for the past 14 months. In a letter …

Burundi, Egypt and Fiji eliminated trachoma; Guinea and Kenya eliminated sleeping sickness; and Niger became the first African country to eliminate river blindness NEWS ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Even as funding cuts, conflict and climate shocks strained health systems worldwide – disrupting essential services in many countries – governments and …

Signatories must guarantee that genetic sequence data and samples from potential outbreaks are shared with the US within 5 days of detection SPECIAL FEATURE | JEVANS NYABIAGE | Washington is securing bilateral health deals with countries across Africa to ensure direct access to critical pathogen data and specimens following the United States’ …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda and the US have today signed a $2.3 billion bilateral health cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that should, after five years, produce an effective health system that is sustained and owned by the Government of Uganda’s institutions and communities. In the MOU, the government of …

The termination of USAID governance programs has hollowed out civic education networks that once reached rural and first-time voters Kampala, Uganda | NAKISANZE SEGAWA | At 18, Ronald Serunjoji can’t wait to cast his first-ever ballot in Uganda’s general elections, slated for January 2026. He’s certain about his choice for president, …

The cuts are brutal. But with a $1 billion funding gap in 2026, there remain uncertainties ahead Geneva, Switzerland  | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | The World Health Organization will lose a significant number of its global staff by June 2026, after months of a painful reorganization process in response to significant donor …

COMMENT | DR ROBERT KALYESUBULA |   Being a doctor in a low-income country can be one of the most trying journeys anyone can take. And today, I was reminded – again – why I became a doctor and why, despite every challenge, I continue to practise nephrology here in Uganda. When …

In the second part of this series, we show how frontline medics are fighting for a future where routine infections do not become deadly again Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Dr Lorna Atikoro works at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital and describes herself as a soldier in the fight against …