The company manufactures antiretrovirals, artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) and Hepatitis medicines to treat HIV/AIDS, malaria and Hepatitis | THE INDEPENDENT | Cipla Qaulity Chemicals Ltd, the East African nation’s drug manufacturer, has said net profits surged nearly five times to Shs 13.9 billion for the six months ending September driven …
Read More »Uganda warns of shrinking HIV financing due to reduced int’l support
Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | The head of Uganda’s leading state agency in the fight against HIV/AIDS on Tuesday warned that the country is facing financing shortages amid reduced international support. Nelson Musoba, director general of Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC), in a statement issued said in the wake of emerging global …
Read More »Uganda’s target to end AIDS by 2030 hangs in balance
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s commitment to achieving the global target of ending the epidemic of HIV/AIDS by 2030 hangs in balance amid rising cases of new infections among the population, experts have anticipated. This comes ahead of the National HIV/AIDS Symposium next month at the Makerere University Business …
Read More »Police embarks on campaign to screen suspects for TB, HIV
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kampala Metropolitan Area has started screening newly arrested suspects to ascertain if they are suffering from malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, such that they get access to early treatment. The Global Fund will fund the three-year project in 16 police stations through the …
Read More »HIV/AIDS prevalent among inmates in Northern region
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on HIV/AIDS in the Parliament of Uganda is worried about the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), and Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) among inmates in the Northern region. The committee says that cases of STIs including gonorrhea and syphilis were widely …
Read More »Medics moot integration of HIV management service providers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical research experts have expressed the need for the integration of HIV/AIDs prevention and management service providers. This they say will ensure equal distribution of the available resources. Dr. Sylvia Kushemerirwe, a scientist at the Medical Research Council-MRC prefers that the different service providers in …
Read More »U.S. public health officials make same mistakes with monkeypox they made with HIV/AIDS: opinion
Los Angeles, U.S. | Xinhua | Public health officials in the United States make the same mistakes with monkeypox they made during the HIV/AIDS pandemic, said an opinion piece published on the website of The Washington Post on Monday. Rae Lewis-Thornton, the author of the article and an AIDS activist who …
Read More »Hunger forces HIV patients to abandon treatment
Otuke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | People living with HIV in Otuke district are discontinuing the uptake of Anti-Retroviral Drugs (ARVs) due to hunger. The area has suffered a prolonged drought that has resulted in food insecurity which has left thousands of people starving. Most of the affected persons are the elderly, …
Read More »HIV patients cautioned against abandoning treatment
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons Living with HIV/AIDS in greater Arua have been urged to stick to treatment despite the soaring food and other commodity prices. Currently, there are over 400 registered HIV positive patients in Arua city and over 600 in Arua district, who are struggling to survive. …
Read More »Health activists petition parliament over delayed operationalization of AIDS Trust Fund
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health activists have expressed displeasure with the government’s delay to operationalize the National AIDS Trust Fund. Parliament enacted the HIV Prevention and Control Act in 2014, and the law was operationalized in 2018 enabling the government to levy 2 percent of total annual tax levies …
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