The artemisia annua plant, also known as sweet wormwood, has long provided a key ingredient in treating malaria/Getty Images The artemisia annua plant, also known as sweet wormwood, has long provided a key ingredient in treating malaria The World Health Organization (WHO) has included artesunate, a treatment for malaria, in its
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Mumba Kalifungwa, Absa MD hands over oxygen cylinders to the Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, as Dr. Bildard Baguma, ED of Joint Medical Stores, looks on. Absa Bank Uganda has today announced a donation to the tune of UGX230 million to provide 6,528,000 litres of medical oxygen to
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By Peter Nyanzi I wish to add my voice to the deafening outcry about the hefty cost of health care in Uganda, which has been amplified by the dozens of millions of shillings being demanded by health facilities to treat Covid-19 patients. But how did we get here? In 2005,
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CIPLAQCIL officials in a group photo after donating medicines Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in Uganda, CiplaQCIL recently donated medication to a faith-based hospitals to help ease the symptoms for patients fighting the disease. Body aches and pains are one of the symptoms of COVID-19. CiplaQCIL recently launched an
Read MoreChina has rejected the next stage of a World Health Organization (WHO) plan to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. The WHO wants to audit laboratories in the area the virus was first identified. But Zeng Yixin, deputy health minister, said this showed "disrespect for common sense and arrogance
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Vaccination is the silver bullet to ending lockdown. Countries like UK are opening up because of high vaccination rates. With the outcry about high treatment charges for COVID-19 patients at private health facilities, some doctors there say only vaccination will end the crisis. They say whoever is refusing to be
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The Ministry of Health has spent Shs23bn of the COVID-19 donations funds to purchase double cabin trucks, a decision that has angered a number of Ugandans. The Ministry took to its official twitter handle today revealing that part of the money collected in donations was used to purchase pickup trucks
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Most African countries are using the AstraZeneca vaccine A total of 450,000 Covid vaccine doses have been destroyed in nine African countries, a World Health Organization (WHO) official has said. The WHO Africa's immunisation programme manager, Dr Richard Mihigo, says delayed shipment of the AstraZeneca vaccines, which is widely used
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Twaweza has been collecting data around citizens’ knowledge, opinions and behaviours around Covid-19 since May 2020 By Judith Kizza The Ministry of Health and Twaweza are coming together to share critical information about Covid-19 and mental well-being amidst rising case numbers and fatalities in Uganda. Twaweza collected data from citizens
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (pictured) on Tuesday said the country has received green monkey cells which are critical in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. Museveni said that the acquisition of the green monkey cells is a big boost in the country's quest to develop a COVID-19 vaccine to address
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