Health

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved DEI Biopharma’s Molnupiravir drug. It is the first product of its kind of Covid-19 medicine in the world. Apparently, Del Biopharma has laid out future plans to roll out some newer products which include Paxlovid, Fluvoxamine, Ritonavir, Nirmatrelvir, and Rilpivirine. DEI Group Managing Director Mr. Matthias Magoola made the announcement during a visit ...

Cases of Vitiligo are on an increase in Uganda. With this, the Vitiligo Association of Uganda came out on 3rd March 2022 to sensitize the country. The sensitization is aimed at reducing discrimination among the affected people. Vitiligo is a condition where the skin of a person develops white spots resulting into death of some cells within the skin. Many ...

School of Public Health (SPH) lecturers from Makerere University have warned against the fines and punishments proposed in the Public Health Amendment Bill, 2022. The dons said that no positive results will be got from trying to control the spread of diseases. They however advised that they should put their focus on behavioral change. On Thursday, led by Dr Rhoda ...

A sub-variant of the Omicron coronavirus strain has been detected in 57 countries according to the World Health Organization. Apparently, according to studies conducted, the new sub-variant could even be more infectious than the original version. The fast-spreading and heavily mutated variant has rapidly become the dominant variant worldwide. However, officials first detected it in Southern Africa about 10 weeks ...

The Ministry of Health has revealed plans to prioritize motivational allowances of community health workers known as Village Health Teams (VHTs). Apparently, it is the only way to improve the lower level indicators of health services across the country. Reports say the negotiations are still ongoing at the ministerial level to arrange a structure that receives the VHTs monthly pay ...