By Olivia Namaloba Palliative care is giving an extended lease of life for patients with serious illnesses in Hoima district. Even with the pain, patients hang in a little...
Malnutrition-deficiencies, excesses,or imbalances in a person’s intake of energy and nutrients- remains a challenge in Uganda with over 250, 000 children still suffering from severe acute malnutrition. According to...
By Namale Shahista Although Uganda has a law that dictates that antibiotics should only be sold with a prescription, most pharmacies do not implement this. A study carried out...
This video describes how Kenya’s Linda mama, a free health insurance program for pregnant women is working to reduce maternal and neonatal deaths in Bungoma county. Click Link for...
By Sharon Atieno “We had received a one year-four-month-old baby who had been referred from Garissa. She was extremely sick on arrival. Though she had meningitis, inflammation of the lining...
Alors que les séquelles de la pandémie du Covid-19 tendent à diminuer, la place de la nouvelle technologie pour révolutionner le secteur médical au Rwanda se dessine. Le gouvernement...
By Aimable Twahirwa; When Clarisse Mukashyaka fell ill with malaria her family tried treating her by buying a low-cost drug from the local pharmacy but her condition worsened. She...
What you need to know: Antimicrobial resistance occurs when microbes evolve mechanisms that protect them from the effects of antimicrobials. Antibiotic resistance is a subset of AMR, that applies...
By Samwel Doe Ouma On 6Th October 2021, Dr John Kariuki, a Veterinary Surgeon, Assistant Director of Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries, Kenya sustained a ‘suspected...
By Francine Andrew Multi-Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is among the biggest challenges facing tuberculosis (TB) treatment in Rwanda and other African countries. MDR-TB occurs when TB causing organism resists treatment....