Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority-NDA has given Cipla’s Hepatitis B drug Texavir the green light saying that it is safe for human consumption. This comes after Cipla Quality Chemical Industries, issued a voluntary recall in July after it was discovered that the packaging for medicine …
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Country leads in tackling growing health challenge Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Up to 6% of people in Uganda are infected with Hepatitis B; a virus that can cause acute and chronic liver infections (cirrhosis) which is incurable. That means if you are in a place with 15 people; …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry has announced plans to start vaccinating newly born babies against Hepatitis B. The move is aimed at reducing the number of adults who develop liver cirrhosis. According to doctors, most adults with liver cirrhosis resulting from hepatitis develop it when they are …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Excess Hepatitis B vaccines from northern Uganda will be withdrawn and will supply planned free immunization camps in Kampala in the next six months. The free Hepatitis B camps will start as soon as the National Medical Stores collects all the drugs due …
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▶ Nsambya Hospital ▶ Kibuli Hospital ▶ Mengo Hospital ▶ International Hospital Kampala(IHK) ▶ Norvik Hospital ▶ Case Hospital ▶ Nakasero Hosp ▶ Rubaga Hospital Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has named eight Kampala private health facilities to provide the Hepatitis B vaccine as they put in place measures to halt supply of fake …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Parliamentary health committee has directed an immediate stop in Hepatitis B vaccination by private health facilities. This after it emerged that there were fake Hepatitis B vaccines on the market with the National Drug Authority (NDA) impounding the counterfeit vaccines from hospitals in Kampala and …
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By Flavia Nassaka Doctors say is ten times more deadly than HIV Kenneth Kabagambe, a university graduate, only got to learn about hepatitis B, when a colleague succumbed to the infection. “The way he was buried scared me. They didn’t allow anybody to get close to the body just as …
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