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Catalysing precision medicine by Africa, for Africa

Tapping into its vast genomic research potential will require steady investment, capacity-building, and collaboration COMMENT | COLLEN MASIMIREMBWA | Africa is the continent with the most genetic diversity, but is gravely underrepresented in genomic research, with only 2% of global genomic data coming from people of African ancestry as of 2021. …

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Nutritionists versus dietitians

How are they different, which one do you need? ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | A healthy diet can help you lower your risk of chronic disease. In fact, it can improve many areas of your health, including your mood, energy, and weight. And while healthy eating may seem straightforward, it can be …

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Antibiotic resistance is a silent epidemic

What Africa is doing to fight condition that causes more deaths than malaria and HIV/Aids combined INTERVIEW| NADINE DREYER & TOM NYIRENDA |Each year antimicrobial resistance – the ability of microbes to survive agents designed to kill them – claims more lives than malaria and HIV/Aids combined. Africa bears the …

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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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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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Epidemiologists ask health ministry to engange traditional healers

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Epidemiologists have urged the Ministry of Health to consider involving traditional healers in the country’s health sector to combat emerging disease outbreaks. Epidemiologists, specialized in investigating and analyzing disease distribution and determinants within communities, play a pivotal role in understanding health factors and devising strategies …

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