Fwd: More than 140,000 die from measles as cases surge worldwide
Worldwide more than 140,000 people died from measles in 2018, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States...
EALA report on Partner States’ level of preparedness to combat Ebola and Dengue viruses adopted
As the region puts out all its arsenal and explores modalities of containing the Ebola and Dengue viruses, the East African Legislative Assembly has...
More pregnant women and children protected from malaria, WHO report shows
The number of pregnant women and children in sub-Saharan Africa sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets and benefiting from preventive medicine for malaria has increased...
Bebe Cool gets Shs1.4b grant to combat Tuberculosis
Singer Moses Ssali aka Bebe Cool has been granted Shs 1.4 billion (US$ 400,000) to find missing TB patients within the districts of Kampala,...
Innovative WHO HIV testing recommendations aim to expand treatment coverage
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new recommendations to help countries reach the 8.1 million people living with HIV who are yet to...
