Health

Several residents of Mukono District in central Uganda have accused religious leaders, traditional healers and witchdoctors of spreading wrong information about Ebola Virus Disease which has so far 135 people and killed 53 in the country, Dailymonitor reported. According to local leaders, religious leaders, witchdoctors and traditional healers in the …

A new species of mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, from Asia, is spreading dramatically in several African countries, posing a potential threat to tens of millions of Africans. Present in Djibouti for several years, Anopheles stephensi is spreading further in Africa, representing a real threat to more than 126 million people living …

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Ugandan prison authorities announced the suspension of all visitations in their facilities due to the rising Ebola cases with the latest in Masaka District, Dailymonitor reported. In a press release on November 1, the prisons spokesperson, Mr Frank Baine, issued standard operating procedures aimed at curbing the spread of the …

The number of deaths from cholera in Malawi rose to 183 at the end of October from 110 at the beginning of the month, the health ministry announced on Monday. “The rate of infections has been rising, with the cumulative number of cases since the outbreak began in March now …

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer and the leading cause of death in women, with more than 2.2 million cases worldwide according to World Health Organization (WHO) data for 2020. About one in 12 women may develop breast cancer in her lifetime, according to estimates. Several risk …

Merck & Co said on Tuesday it was planning to produce and donate investigational Sudan Ebola virus vaccine to a global non-profit organization’s research program in Uganda, which is facing an outbreak of the disease. The investigational vaccine that will be donated to IAVI is similar to Merck’s Ervebo vaccine, …

Ugandan police say at least 11 people, among them students, were killed and six others are in a critical condition after a dormitory caught fire at a school for visually impaired children in Mukono, east of the capital, Kampala. The injured are being treated at Herona Hospital, police said. Investigations …

Ugandan health authorities announced that nine more people have tested positive for the Ebola virus at the country’s national referral hospital, Mulago, in the capital Kampala. This brings the number of positive cases at the facility’s isolation unit to 14. Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng said the positive cases …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni declared three-week lockdown in two high-risk districts as the country battles a rise in Ebola infections. “Given the gravity of the problem and to prevent further spread and protect lives and livelihoods, the government is taking extra measures that require action from all of us,” President Museveni …