Why has Kitgum general hospital seen a sharp decline in premature baby deaths?
Kitgum General Hospital opened its neonatal department in 2018 and had registered up to 2,100 neonatal cases by 2023, with 700 cases recorded in 2023 alone.
Category: Health
30 VHTs in Kitgum receive bicycles to boost HIV/AIDS response
The national AIDS program of the Ministry of Health aims to significantly reduce HIV/AIDS prevalence in Uganda by 2030.
How Acholi locals are tackling malnutrition with food banks
The United Nations Children’s Agency, UNICEF, has identified malnutrition, malaria, pneumonia, and HIV/AIDS as the leading causes of child mortality in Northern Uganda in 2023.
Inside Uganda’s malaria vaccine launch in Apac
In 2023 alone, Uganda recorded 12.6 million malaria cases, accounting for nearly 29% of the population affected by the disease.
Where is your impact? MPs asks Uganda Virus Research Institute
George Bhoka Didi, Obongi County MP, questioned UVRI’s limited efforts to ensure that its research reaches decision-makers and the public.
Is long-acting HIV treatment as good as taking daily pills?
A study published in 2018 gauged interest in potential new ARV therapies back then among 263 people with HIV from clinics in Duke and University of South Carolina.
Right to safe abortion cannot be dislocated from human rights
Globally, six out of 10 unplanned pregnancies end in induced abortion, and around 45% of these abortions are unsafe.
With only 70 months left to end AIDS, why is the urgency missing?
The latest Global AIDS Update Report of the UNAIDS shows that most new HIV transmissions are attributed to those who are undiagnosed, followed by those who are diagnosed but untreated.
Ground broken for Amai hospital theatre
Amai Hospital is now providing critical care to cancer patients, with plans underway to establish a specialized cancer institute.
Danger of substandard and falsified medical products is real and growing
A few months ago, in December 2024, the WHO had launched its report “Global surveillance and monitoring system for substandard and falsified medical products” with data from 2017 to 2021.
How can we leave those behind who are at higher TB risk?
When a person with presumptive TB is identified, then frontline workers of Humana People to People India get an X-Ray and TB test done. If found positive, the treatment is initiated without delay at the nearest public TB clinic.
Catapulting funding crisis into opportunity by getting on track to end TB and tobacco use
Undernutrition ranked the 2ndbiggest TB risk factor in Indonesia with 84,000 people with TB disease notified in 2023. Diabetes, HIV and alcohol were the next three big risk factors for TB in the country.