Uganda's speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has expressed her shock at news that 85% of the country's government health facilities lack latrines. Kadaga was speaking at the Uganda Parliamentary Symposium on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene where the shocking statistics were unveiled. "I've been shocked and saddened to learn that 85%
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In a major step in the fight against Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the world’s first ever vaccine against Ebola. The drug, called Ervebo and manufactured by MERCK pharmaceuticals, was being used in an experimental phase in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But now the WHO says
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GE Healthcare has announced the launch of Versana Premier and Versana Essential for the first time in Uganda. The launch was announced during the Uganda Society for Advancement of Radiology and Imaging Conference (USOFARI). Versana Premier is a world-class ultrasound designed for peace of mind, easy to use and easy
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Many Ugandans have heart related complications but are not aware, Dr Emmy Okello, a Lead Cardiologist at Mulago’s Uganda Heart Institute has said. Speaking at the close of the 3-day health camp organized by Prudential Insurance at Constitution Square on Saturday, Dr. Okello said about 64% of the people who
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Biomedical and clinical engineers under their umbrella organisation, Uganda National Association of Medical and Hospital Engineers (UNAMHE) who convened for the 2nd Biomedical conference from 7th to 8th Nov 2019 at Africana hotel, have urged all stakeholders in the health sector to fast truck harmonization of standards for medical devices
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Prudential Insurance has taken a step to equip Ugandans with vital knowledge on how to deal with Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). A non-communicable disease (NCD) is a disease that is not transmissible directly from one person to another. NCDs include Parkinson's disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, most heart diseases, most cancers, diabetes,
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The United Nations Environment Programme is asking everyone to examine products in their bathrooms as part of a campaign to raise awareness on the harm caused by plastics in personal care products, URN reports. The campaign comes at the backdrop of reports that a large number of personal care products
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The second of three forms of the polio virus has been eradicated, experts have announced. There are three types of the wild polio virus, which, while scientifically different, cause the same symptoms, including paralysis or even death. The world was declared free of type 2 four years ago - and
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Vast white greenhouses sit high up on the slopes of Lesotho’s Marakabei town, hidden from view. It’s not fruit or vegetables, however, growing under the 18 plastic covers, but thousands of cannabis plants. The cannabis is grown legally by the Lesotho-based company Medigrow and is regulated by the government. “We
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A UNAIDS 2019 data report estimates around 23.8 million people in Africa have been diagnosed HIV positive, while another 4.7 million people could be living with the disease with no knowledge of their status. This is the largest population of HIV-positive people in the world who have no diagnosis, no
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