Uganda’s Ministry of Health says Ebola has spread to the eastern part of the country beyond the epicentre in the central region. Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health, tweeted on Sunday that a confirmed fatal case, who is a 45-year-old male, has been reported in the Jinja district of eastern Uganda. The confirmed fatal case died […]
Malawi, on Tuesday, received a consignment of 2.9 million doses of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) for a single-dose reactive campaign to the Cholera outbreak. The recent outbreak has killed over 200 people since the country reported the first case in March. A joint statement released by the WHO, UNICEF and Malawi G“vernment said the OCV […]
Uganda’s Ministry of |Health has advised the public to remain vigilant as the Ebola cases in the capital city of Kampala continue to rise. Minister of Health, Ruth Aceng, said in a tweet that two more contacts of the people under quarantine at the country’s Mulago National Referral Hospital on Saturday tested positive, bringing the […]
Botswana has embarked on an aggressive campaign to educate its citizens about non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and appropriate preventative measures, an official said on Tuesday night. Given the high burden on NCDs in the southern African country, health authorities in Botswana are now giving more focus than it has in order to combat the scourge of […]
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Ekiti State branch has expressed worries over the mass exodus of doctors in search of greener pastures outside the state. The branch chairman, Dr Babatunde Rosiji, raised the concern when he paid a courtesy visit to the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti. Rosiji said […]
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Tuesday the government has set aside five billion Tanzanian shillings ($2.1 million) for the building of a state-of-the-art referral hospital in the country’s western region of Kigoma. Addressing a public rally after she laid the foundation stone for the construction of an emergency room and intensive care unit for […]
Uganda’s Ministry of Health on Monday said the cumulative number of Ebola deaths in the country has risen to 24 after five new deaths were recorded in the last four days. The ministry in an update as of Oct. 16 said the cumulative number of confirmed cases has also risen to 60 after two new […]
India’s experts have called for better regulation of the drug manufacturing process in the South Asian country. This came after World Health Organisation (WHO) issued an alert earlier, this month, over four Indian-made cough syrups. WHO said the syrups could be linked to acute kidney injuries and 66 deaths among children in The Gambia. The […]
Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW), on Tuesday, announced the launching of a free online toolkit to raise awareness on menopause and offer women reliable resources. Menopause is the time that marks the end of a woman’s menstrual cycle. It was diagnosed after she had gone 12 months without a menstrual period. Menopause […]
The Adamawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ADPHCDA), says it engaged 2,712 Community Health Influencers Promoters (CHIPs) to enhance access to quality healthcare service delivery at the grassroots. The Executive Chairman of the Agency, Dr Suleiman Bashir, stated this in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Yola. He said that 900 of the health […]