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 »
Maternal mortality can be successfully reduced if Nigeria put women's rights at the centre of the equation, says the Executive Director of Women Advocates Research and ... Read more »
"It is time for the world to take notice and redouble our efforts. We need to work together in solidarity with the DRC to end this outbreak and build a better health system," said ... Read more »
Prisons authorities have expressed concern over the high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) among inmates due to overwhelming numbers. The high figures are blamed on overcrowding, ... Read more »
The pace of progress against HIV is slowing, says a new report by UNAIDS, the United Nations agency charged with "reducing new HIV infections, increasing access to treatment and ... Read more »
Globally, 821.6 million people - or 11% of the population - suffer from hunger, according to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019 report. Africa has the ... Read more »
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