Johnson & Johnson Rises to #2 in Ranking of Companies ’ Efforts to Expand Access to Medicines Worldwide
Everyone should have the opportunity to lead a healthy life. This requires that we advance equitable access to healthcare and address some of the world’s most devastating and neglected diseases.We are proud that Johnson & Johnson’s actions to expand access to our medicines and focus on addressing diseases that disproportionately impact people in lower- and middle-income countries has made us the 2nd-ranked company globally in the 2022 Access to Medicine Index.Our industry-leading performance marks an improvement, up from 3rd in 2021, and is the sixth consecutive time we are featured as a top three performer by the ...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - November 15, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Uganda: Uganda's Health Ministry Says Ebola Cases Stabilizing
[VOA] Kampala, Uganda -- As Uganda struggled to control the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, Health Ministry officials said Friday the cases are gradually stabilizing. This comes after media reports that some leaked documents show the disease could claim 500 lives by next April. The country has recorded 137 Ebola cases and 54 deaths since the outbreak began in September. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 13, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease Caused by Sudan ebolavirus - Uganda, August-October 2022
This report describes an outbreak Ebola virus in Uganda. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 10, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: Ebola Virus Disease MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Outbreaks Source Type: news
Uganda: Uganda to End School Year Early Amid Ebola Outbreak
[VOA] Kampala, Uganda -- The Ugandan government says it will end the school year earlier than planned because of an Ebola outbreak that has affected 23 students, including eight children who died. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 9, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: Gen Muhoozi Urges Candidates On Ebola As They Write Ple Exams
[Nile Post] The Senior Presidential Advisor in Charge of Special Operations Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has urged candidates to protect themselves from the deadly Ebola as they write their final Primary Leaving Exams today. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 8, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
UN Needs a Sea Change in its Handling of Sexual Exploitation & Abuse (SEA)
An art exhibition in Juba, supported by the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), seeks to educate people about gender and sexual based violence. Credit: UNMISS/Nektarios MarkogiannisBy Anwarul K. ChowdhuryNEW YORK, Nov 8 2022 (IPS) Calling it “so disappointing and disheartening” in social media on 17 October, Dr. Rosie James, a British medical expert, announced that “I was sexually assaulted by a World Health Organization (WHO) staff tonight at the World Health Summit.”
WHO, as we all know, is a part of the UN system of entities. She went to emphasize that “This was not the first time in the global health sphere ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anwarul K. Chowdhury Tags: Civil Society Editors' Choice Featured Gender Gender Violence Global Headlines Health Human Rights IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Uganda: Ugandans Fear Ebola Lockdown
[Independent (Kampala)] Since the first case of the current Ebola outbreak in Uganda was confirmed on September 20, the number of cases had by November 04 topped 131 across seven districts, including 17 in the capital city Kampala. Case Fatality Ratio (CFR) among confirmed cases is 48/131 (37%). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 7, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: Do Not Worry About Lockdown - Museveni
[Nile Post] President Museveni has said that the people especially the business community who are worried about the possible looming lockdown due to the Ebola pandemic should rest their fears as there will be no such thing. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 7, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: WHO - Rise in Ebola Outbreaks in Africa Linked to Climate Change
[VOA] Geneva -- World health officials are linking a significant rise in African Ebola outbreaks in this century to climate change. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 7, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: Govt Extends Ebola Lockdown in Mubende, Kassanda for Three More Weeks
[Nile Post] Government has extended the initial 21-day lockdown in the two districts of Mubende and Kassanda by an extra three weeks, until late this month as part of efforts to curb the spread of the Ebola virus. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 6, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
The Uganda Ministry Of Health Is A Model Of Public Communication During An Ebola Health Crisis
Governments have often failed their citizens during health crises, including the Covid-19 pandemic. But in the ongoing outbreak of Ebola, Uganda is doing it right. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 4, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John Drake, Contributor Tags: Science /science Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Source Type: news
Nigeria: Scare of the Ebola Virus
[Leadership] An upsurge in Ebola cases in some African countries, specifically Uganda, has raised some concerns about the disease re-entering Nigeria. A media report actually talked about the country importing the dreaded virus. According to reports, as of October 29, 2022, the Ugandan Ministry of Health had reported 128 confirmed cases and 34 deaths. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 4, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ebola could have leaked from US biofacility causing 2014 West Africa outbreak, scientists claim
EXCLUSIVE: Virologist Dr Jonathan Latham - a former researcher at the University of Wisconsin - and journalist Sam Husseini say there are a number of inconsistencies in the official timeline. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 3, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Do Health Workers in Uganda Need to End the Current Ebola Outbreak?
By Tracy Kobukindo ,
Nurse and advocate ; David Bryden,
Director of the Frontline Health Workers Coalition and senior policy and advocacy advisor at IntraHealth International
Tracy Kobukindo is a registered nurse and advocate in Uganda. She also serves as a Frontline Health Workers Coalition Regional Advisor, helping to guide the Coalition ’s advocacy messages and policy recommendations. Photo by Tracy Kobukindo.November 03, 2022Health workers in Uganda are now at the forefront of responding to another serious infectious disease. Last month the country declared an Ebola outbreak, caused by the Sudan species of th...
Source: IntraHealth International - November 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Policy & Advocacy Health Workers Nurses Source Type: news
Sudan: Cases of Dengue Fever and Malaria On the Rise
[Dabanga] El Obeid / El Fasher / Khartoum -- Cases of dengue fever* have appeared in North Kordofan, while North Darfur continues to suffer from large numbers of dengue and malaria cases and Khartoum state is monitoring a rise in malaria cases in some localities. No cases of Ebola have been reported in Sudan so far. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 3, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
