The government of Uganda through National Drug Authority (NDA) has asked the public to go slow on a drug that is already on the Ugandan market, arguing that it presents the risk of abortion and birth defects . Victoria Nambasa, Director Product Safety at NDA says Fluconazole is the drug
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President Yoweri Museveni is unhappy with the striking doctors, noting that they betrayed him-for he had told them his plan to resolve their issues. Museveni made while addressed a rally at Karambi Sub-county Grounds in Burahya Constituency, Kabarole District on Thursday. “I thank the medical officers in Kabarole for not
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Striking doctors have refused to vacate government housing units as ordered by Ministry of Health, noting that they will not succumb to intimidation. This follows fresh orders from the Ministry of Health in which Government revealed plans to embark on a recruitment exercise to hire new doctors who can work
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Novartis, the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) announced Wednesday they will work together to devise a common approach to improve access to cancer treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa. Each partner brings unique expertise in cancer diagnosis and treatment. This complements the work the Clinton
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Cabinet has established a special committee to engage doctors with a view of persuading them to end the industrial action that started last week. The decision followed a briefing to the cabinet by Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng on a nationwide strike that has paralyzed medical services in public hospitals
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“The Head of State is pre-occupied with funding of the removal of age limits instead of being bothered with lives of Ugandans. Ugandans are dying because the doctors can’t get what to use in hospitals; they can’t get what can enable them to work while being motivated. Our question to
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After calling on their governments to invest in immunization for the girl child on October 11th, and engaged them to eradicate Polio once and for all on October 24th, civil society across Africa are making sure Pneumonia vaccines are high on the agenda. In commemorating World Pneumonia Day, organizations in
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The Government of Uganda has asked striking doctors to return to work, arguing that their grievances are being handled. In a statement dated November8, 2017, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the Minister of Health and David Karubanga, the Minister of State for Public Service thanked ‘Patriotic’ Doctors who remained at work
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Africa’s richest person Aliko Dangote through Aliko Dangote Foundation has pledged to invest US$100m over five years to tackle malnutrition in the worst-affected parts of Nigeria. He made the pledge at the recently concluded Global Nutrition Summit 2017 held in Milan, Italy, where governments, international agencies, foundations, civil society organisations
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The World Health Organization is part of an international effort working to rapidly contain an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in eastern Uganda on the border with Kenya. Marburg Hemorrhagic fever shares similarities with Ebola. The virus is very rare, extremely contagious, and has a high mortality rate. It
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