KAMPALA, Uganda — In a bold push to stop diseases before they become public health emergencies, the United States is strengthening Uganda’s community health system with approximately $5.9 million in support for Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs), placing frontline prevention…
The Uganda Medical Association (UMA) has sounded the alarm over a series of escalating health challenges, calling for immediate government intervention to protect the country’s healthcare system. Key concerns include the devastating impact of USAID’s funding withdrawal, the ongoing Ebola…
KAMPALA, Uganda – The Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SUDV) in Kampala, marking the eighth such outbreak in Uganda. This confirmation follows laboratory testing by three national reference laboratories: the Central Public Health…
Italy is grappling with an unprecedented demographic challenge, with birth rates plummeting to record lows and entire villages recording zero births in 2023. The crisis is especially severe in rural areas, where aging populations and the exodus of young people…
The United States government, through its public health agency, the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC),has today handed 5,000 more laboratory test kits and needed consumables worth an estimated $265,000 (approximately UGX1bn) to the Uganda Ministry of…
