Following the completion of the recommended 42 days without any new cases since the first report of Ebola, Uganda has been declared free of the virus by the World Health ... Read more »
A new antiretroviral drug regimen has been given the go-ahead by the World Health Organisation. Preliminary results from studies that include an ongoing trial in South Africa show ... Read more »
After being polio-free for almost three years, Charity Warigon, WHO's Communication Officer, has said that the office in Nigeria is optimistic of its ability to meet the polio free ... Read more »
Two international organisations - USAID and the World Bank - have announced a combined U.S.$339 million in assistance to fight the deadly Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic ... Read more »
Oly Ilunga was dismissed as head of the team tackling a persistent Ebola outbreak. Oly said his stay as minister could jeopardize efficiency, stability and consistency in the ... Read more »
In Uganda, the clinical guidelines and medicines lists are reviewed and updated after four years after consulting different stakeholders where clinicians provide information ... Read more »
Uganda Medical Association is in the process of registering a company to outsource doctors to other countries following the failure by government to absorb doctors in the country. ... Read more »
The World Health Organisation has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a public health emergency. One of the expected impacts of th Read more »
The country has enhanced its preparedness for detecting and managing imported cases of Ebola Virus Disease says Leonard Subi, Director of preventive services at the ministry of ... Read more »
The move follows concerns by government that the private companies who were given contracts to do so no longer supply genuine vaccines, the agriculture ministry has revealed. By ... Read more »
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