Activists attending the ongoing International AIDS Conference in Munich Germany have asked the manufacturer of injection Lenacapavir (LEN) which was recently proven to be safe and highly effective at preventing HIV to reduce its prices to make it affordable for all. The drug which is manufactured by a US Company
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Global childhood immunization coverage stalled in 2023, leaving 2.7 million additional children un and under-vaccinated compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, according to data published on Monday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. The latest WHO and UNICEF estimates of national immunization coverage (WUENIC) which provide the world’s
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Joyce Tibaijuka and Moses Bindeeba persons Living With HIV addressing Journalists in Mbarara City during the Media training by UAC Health experts in Mbarara City have expressed concern that people living with HIV in care are dropping out. The HIV focal person in Mbarara City, Dorcus Twinabaitu, says that many young
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İlyas BENVENISTE, the ACIBADEM Business Development Director, Mehmet Fatih AK, the Ambassador of Türkiye, Nasura Tiperu, Uganda’s Ambassador to Turkiye and Levent Serdar DERVIŞOĞLU, the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Uganda in Istanbul cut officially open the Kampala Office. ACIBADEM, a leading medical group in the private healthcare sector
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Officials from Uganda Cancer Institute led by Dr Orem (Left) Uganda Cancer Institute has rejected appeals by MPs to end charges on patients seeking for services on the private wing, saying the revenue collected from such patients is used for maintenance of equipment since the money provided by Government for
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Annette Nakiyaga Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications, Robin Bairstow, CEO I&M Bank Uganda officially hand over the donated items to Dr Andrew Ssekitoleke, CEO Nsambya Hospital and Assumpta Nabawanuka, Clinical Director at Nsambya Hospital. I&M Bank Uganda demonstrated its commitment to maternal health and women’s empowerment by donating 500
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Dr. Andabati Gozanga (R), a Fertility, IVF and Laparoscopy Lead Specialist at Bethany Women and Fertility Hospital, Dr. Andabati Gozanga, a Fertility, IVF and Laparoscopy Lead Specialist at Bethany Women and Fertility Hospital, has rejected the proposal to limit donation of gamete (eggs and sperms) to people only above 18
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Uganda spends over US$677,490,337 (Shs2.654Trn) to treat alcohol related diseases in the country annually, Margaret Muhanga, Minister of State for Primary Health Care has revealed. The Minister wants the legal age for alcohol consumption increased from 18 to 21years. “As Ministry of Health, we use an estimate of US$677,490,337 to
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Dr Herbert Luswata, the UMA President The Uganda Medical Association (UMA), has started a process of helping medical workers secure jobs abroad. Speaking to our reporter in an interview on Thursday, Dr Herbert Luswata, the UMA President said the decision to send colleagues to the neighboring Rwanda and the United Kingdom comes
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Deputy Speaker, Tayebwa has tasked the Minister of Health, Jane Aceng to bring a statement to Parliament next week to address concerns by some MPs about the small size of condoms in Uganda and educate the public on condom us ahead of the commemoration of World Condom Day slated for 13th
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