Deaths linked to Aids have halved in a decade, official figures shows. The condition, which is caused by HIV, used to be one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. A report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAids) showed deaths had fallen from a peak of 1.9 million
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Pregnant women in Uganda who have urinary tract infection symptoms are wrongly consuming antibiotics prescribed without laboratory confirmation, a study carried out by the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Makerere University shows. The study, aimed at finding out the accuracy of UTI diagnosis, assessed 2,562 women from four groups.
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A vaccine has for the first time been shown to protect against the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea, scientists in New Zealand say. There are fears gonorrhoea is becoming untreatable as antibiotics fail, the BBC reported. The World Health Organization sees developing a vaccine as vital in stopping the global spread
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Oral sex is producing dangerous gonorrhoea and a decline in condom use is helping it to spread, the World Health Organization has said. It warns that if someone contracts gonorrhoea, it is now much harder to treat, and in some cases impossible. The sexually transmitted infection is rapidly developing resistance
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Ejaculation may also help to reduce prostate inflammation, which is a known cause of the cancer. Ejaculating at least 21 times a month significantly reduces a man's risk of prostate cancer, new research reveals. This is compared to those who release just four-to-seven times every four weeks, a Harvard University
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African heads of state have endorsed two major new initiatives to help end AIDS by 2030. The community health workers initiative aims to recruit, train and deploy 2 million community health workers across Africa by 2020. The western and central Africa catch-up plan aims to rapidly accelerate access to HIV
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The Radiotherapy Machine used by Cancer patients will be ready for use in November this year, officials have said. This revelation is contained in a statement tabled on the floor of Parliament last week by Joyce Moriku, the State Minister for Primary Health Care. It is worth noting that since
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Kenya is the first African country to start using a new generic Aids drug that can improve and prolong the lives of people who suffer severe side effects and resistance to other treatments, the Reuters news agency reports. Dolutegravir (DTG), which was first approved in the US in 2013, is
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The government of Uganda through the National Drug Authority (NDA) has closed 58 pharmacies over failure to acquire regulatory approval, a move that has left hundreds jobless. In a statement issued on June19, 2017, NDA said that the licensing of drug outlets for 2017 had ended and warned the public
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Ugandan children have asked the government to halt its planned programme of distributing contraceptives to teenagers, saying that it’s against their rights. The children revealed this when they petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga on Friday. “We know who we are. We respect and value our bodies. We honour
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