Kampala, Uganda: September 14, 2021: Stanbic Bank Uganda's Maternal Health Campaign dubbed "Every Mother Counts" has received a big boost from Rotary International, Serve to Change Lives and other par
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An initiative to boost yellow fever diagnostic capacity across Africa has 'revolutionised' diagnostics on the continent, one of the programme's coordinating agencies, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, said
Codivir, a short synthetic 16 amino-acid peptide, derived from the HIV-1 integrase, was originally discovered at the Hebrew University in Israel. Code Pharma discovered that the peptide had a direct a
The global commitment to reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 include providing high-quality promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative health services to all communiti
By Gitonga Njeru [email protected] Experts fear that corruption could reverse the gains made on maternal and infant deaths in Kenya. There has been widespread corruption in most government-owned
Until late 2020, Narok had no sanitation system. The County had set aside a quarry near Narok town as a disposal area, but this was shut down in 2019 by the National Environment Management Authority (
Health authorities in Guinea have confirmed a case of Marburg virus disease in the southern Gueckedou prefecture. This is the first time Marburg, a highly infectious disease that causes haemorrhagic f
Airtel Uganda, The Smartphone Network with the widest 4G coverage in Uganda, has won a Gold Award for its Safe Motherhood program which aims at reducing the maternal mortality rate in Uganda. Held 2 w
The Kenya Medical Training (KMTC), in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Gradian Health Systems has launched a Kshs 14 million Simulation Laboratory to train health workers for the country. T
"Eight weeks is about the sweet spot for me, because people do want to get the two (doses) and there is a lot of Delta out there right now."
COVAX and the World Bank will accelerate COVID-19 vaccine supply for developing countries through a new financing mechanism that builds on Gavi's newly designed AMC cost-sharing arrangement. This allo
As a way of enhancing safe motherhood, private companies have joined the cause through various interventions. Airtel Uganda recently donated a mobile ultrasound scan to Bukwo District. Motherhood is a