All posts tagged "World Health Organization (WHO)"
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210Big StoryUgandan children with severe malaria experiencing resistance to world’s most powerful drug – Study
NEW ORLEANS, US:-(November 14, 2024) — A new study from Uganda provides the first evidence to date that resistance to a lifesaving malaria...
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1.6KOP-EDMidwife: The first choice for all women
A wide range of strategies to reduce maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality through encouraging facility-based births and skilled attendance at birth...
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2.3KBig StoryUganda to roll out injectable HIV drug in Jan 2024
Kampala, (UG): The Uganda Aids Commission (UAC)has revealed that Uganda will in a period of less than three months join three other...
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836HealthOp-Ed: Fun ways to get more exercise
By Dr. Henry Ddungu We all know that smoking, drinking, and stress are bad for us, but evidence is emerging that physical...
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900Big StoryStudy shows Anti-Covid drug may have led to virus mutations
An anti-Covid drug widely used across the world may have caused mutations in the virus, researchers said on Monday, but there was...
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834OP-EDDiabetes once diagnosed, it is for life
By Sande E. Oundo According to the World Health Organisation, diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does...
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796HealthUganda among 12 African countries to receive 18 million doses of first-ever malaria vaccine
Uganda has been listed among the twelve countries across different regions in Africa that are set to receive 18 million doses of...
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649NewsSmall-scale farmers urged to embrace Agroecology
Eastern and Southern Farmers’ Forum (ESAFF) joined the rest of the world in celebrating World Food Safety Day on June 7, 2023,...
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917AfricaCovid-19 lessons could ease cholera outbreak – Moeti
Even though cholera can be easily treated, if sick people do not have access to health facilities it can result in high...
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1.9KHealthCan an HIV-Positive Mother give birth to an HIV-Negative baby?
To eliminate Mother to Child Transmission, increasing antenatal HIV screening and linking HIV-positive pregnant women to PMTCT and ART care and providing...
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580Current AffairsUganda adds Yellow Fever Vaccine to routine immunization schedule
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has started immunizing children aged nine months against yellow. This brings the total number of...
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1.1KBig StoryBIG STORY: How shs 292bn was spent on Ebola in three months
A report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has indicated that a total of $80 million (about Shs292,188,191,440), was spent in tackling...
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640NewsEbola trial vaccines heading to Uganda – WHO
WHO boss said committee of external experts had evaluated candidate vaccines and determined "all three should be included in the planned trial...
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1.1KHealthHEALTH: Why Palliative care is key
Palliative care improves the quality of life of patients and that of their families who are facing challenges associated with life-threatening illness,...
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482NewsWHO says clinical trials soon for Ebola virus in Uganda
Kampala last month announced Uganda's first fatality from the highly contagious disease since 2019, with a statement issued by the WHO saying...
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946World NewsWHO Introduces World’s First Anti-Malaria Vaccine In Africa
The new vaccine is said to be effective for up to 30 percent with its dosage set at four doses. Its price...
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1.0KJust InMonkeypox outbreak tops 1,000 cases; WHO warns of ‘real’ risk
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the U.N. health agency was not recommending mass vaccination against the virus and added...
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1.1KAfricaTwo-thirds of Africans may have had Covid – WHO study
With limited access to testing facilities for much of Africa's populations, many infections went undetected, as testing was mainly carried out on...
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1.3KCOVID-19Pandemic’s ‘acute phase’ could end by midyear- WHO
The head of the World Health Organization said Friday the acute phase of the pandemic could end this year, if around 70...
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1.0KBig Story‘Strange’ disease hits Kyotera district, 10 dead
According to Dr. Janefrancis Zalwango, the Masaka Regional WHO epidemiologist, they initially thought it was Ebola, Marburg, Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF),...
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735OP-EDWEJULI MIKE: Improving Food Hygiene to Prevent Food Borne Diseases
WHO produces and disseminates materials for educating consumers about the risks present in food and the safe food handling behaviors that can...
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1.3KBreakingWHO monitoring New Covid variant ‘IHU’ identified in France
(WJW/AP) — An official with the World Health Organization said a new COVID variant recently detected in France is being monitored but...
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1.1KCOVID-19WHO worried for health systems over Covid cases ‘tsunami’
A “tsunami” of Omicron and Delta Covid-19 cases will pile pressure on health systems already being stretched to their limits, the World...
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1.1KOP-EDIVAN ONGEBO: Traditional Medicine, An Opportunity in Adapting to Antimicrobial Resistance In Uganda
According to scientific research, the discovery of antibiotics in the previous years has led to the reduction in deaths and sufferings due...