Uganda: Mubende Officials Arrested Over State of Maternity Ward
[Nile Post] The State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SHACU) has arrested Mubende District officials over neglect of duty leading to loss of taxpayer money. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 18, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs Pregnancy and Childbirth Uganda Source Type: news
Uganda: Mental Health Spike Triggers Butabika Hospital to Train Psychiatric Nurses
[Observer] With the increasing demand for mental health services, Uganda's only psychiatric school - Butabika School of Psychiatric Nursing (BSPN) - is on course to start a dedicated degree program in psychiatric nursing to help fill the gap of qualified practitioners and offer a clear career pathway for psychiatric nurses at the certificate and diploma levels, writes YUDAYA NANGONZI. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 17, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Uganda Source Type: news
Uganda: TB and HIV Co-Infections Still a Burden in Teso - Report
[Nile Post] Soroto -- On April 12, journalists in Teso Sub-region received training on the critical issue of Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV co-infections. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 16, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs East Africa Health and Medicine Press and Media Tuberculosis Uganda Source Type: news
Mixed-methods community assessment of drowning and water safety knowledge and behaviours on Lake Victoria - Guy K, Ritchie A, Tumuhimbise P, Balinda E, Nasim K, Kalanzi M, Wipfli H.
BACKGROUND: Drowning is a major cause of death in Uganda, especially among young adults with water-based occupations and livelihoods. Information about drowning and other water-related deaths and injuries is limited. To address this gap in knowledge, study... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Young Adults Source Type: news
"All I was thinking about was shattered": women's experiences transitioning out of anti-trafficking shelters during the COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda - Namy S, Namakula S, Nabachwa AG, Ollerhead M, Tsai LC, Kemitare J, Bolton K, Nkwanzi V, Carlson C.
Human trafficking is an egregious violation of fundamental human rights and a global challenge. The long-term harms to survivors' physical, psychological and social wellbeing are profound and well documented, and yet there are few studies exploring how to ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Examining the intrapersonal, interpersonal and community level correlates of access to medical care among women employed by sex work in southern Uganda: a cross-sectional analysis of the Kyaterekera Study - Kiyingi J, Mayo-Wilson LJ, Nabunya P, Kizito S, Nabayinda J, Nattabi J, Nsubuga E, Bahar OS, Namuwonge F, Nakabuye F, Nanteza F, Filippone PL, Mukasa D, Witte SS, Ssewamala FM.
Women employed by sex work (WESW) experience significant gaps in accessing necessary healthcare services, leading to unmet health needs. Yet, there is a dearth of literature on the barriers to medical care access among WESW in Uganda. We used data from the... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Africa: Communiqué - United in the Fight Against Mpox in Africa - High-Level Emergency Regional Meeting
[Africa CDC] We, the Ministers of Health of Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Uganda and partners, meeting in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo on 13 April 2024; (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 15, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Source Type: news
IPCI 2024: Technology as a Tool to Advance and Threaten Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
The benefits and challenges of technology in SRHR were a key topics at the International Parliamentarians' Conference on Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action 2024, in Oslo, Norway. Credit: Petter Berntsen / NTB KommunikasjonBy Naureen HossainOSLO, Apr 12 2024 (IPS) Technology emerged as a core theme of IPCI Oslo for its relevance in advancing the objectives of the Cairo Programme of Action.
When channeled for good, it is an effective tool that can fill accessibility gaps in the health sector and spread awareness of sexual and reproductive health rights. Yet, the way in which digital technology has been weaponize...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Naureen Hossain Tags: Civil Society Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Gender Gender Violence Global Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Population Sustainability Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations Wo Source Type: news
Uganda: Kabale Launches Sanitation Week
[Nile Post] The national Sanitation Week 2024 is being commemorated under the theme, "Sanitation and hygiene for all; a key to sustainable health living". (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Environment Health and Medicine Uganda Water and Sanitation Source Type: news
Costing of a combination intervention (Kyaterekera) addressing sexual risk-taking behaviors among vulnerable women in southern Uganda - Tozan Y, Kiyingi J, Kim S, Nabayinda J, Namuwonge F, Nsubuga E, Nakabuye F, Bahar Sensoy O, Nabunya P, Jennings Mayo-Wilson L, McKay MM, Witte SS, Ssewamala FM.
In Uganda, women engaged in sex work (WESW) are a marginalized population at the intersection of multiple vulnerabilities. The Kyaterekera intervention is targeted at WESW in Rakai and the greater Masaka regions in Uganda and combines a traditional HIV ris... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Violence exposure, self-reported mental health concerns and use of alcohol and drugs for coping among youth in the slums of Kampala, Uganda - Perry EW, Culbreth R, Self-Brown S, Gilmore AK, Kasirye R, Musuya T, Ndetei D, Swahn MH.
This study aimed to a) compute the prevalence of violence exposure types, polyvictimization, and self-reported depression, anxiety, and using substances to cope among youth ages 12 to 18 years living on the streets or in the slums of Kampala, Uganda, (b) e... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The impact of an economic empowerment intervention on intimate partner violence among women engaged in sex work in southern Uganda: a cluster randomized control trial - Nabayinda J, Witte SS, Kizito S, Nanteza F, Nsubuga E, Sensoy Bahar O, Nabunya P, Ssewamala FM.
This study examines the impact of an economic empowerment intervention on IPV among WESW in Southern Uganda... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Program and Other Evaluations, Effectiveness Studies Source Type: news
Public health surveillance through community health workers: a scoping review of evidence from 25 low-income and middle-income countries - Alhassan JAK, Wills O.
BACKGROUND: The last 3 years have witnessed global health challenges, ranging from the pandemics of COVID-19 and mpox (monkeypox) to the Ebola epidemic in Uganda. Public health surveillance is critical for preventing these outbreaks, yet surveillance syste... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Uganda: Nup Deputy Spokesperson Tells Among to Back Off Kadaga
[Nile Post] Waiswa Mufumbiro was speaking at the funeral of the late Ramathan Waiswa, the younger brother of Bugweri County MP Abdu Katuntu. Present was Speaker Anita Among (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 5, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Uganda Source Type: news
Africa: Stakeholders Convene in Uganda On Responsible Use of the Life Sciences
[WHO] Uganda has taken proactive steps to mitigate biorisks and govern dual-use research by being a pioneer country in the WHO African Region to pilot the Global guidance framework for the responsible use of the life sciences: mitigating biorisks and governing dual-use research (the framework). The Uganda Office of the Prime Minister was entrusted with coordinating this pivotal project in collaboration with the World Health Organization, recognizing its significance in enhancing national and regional (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 3, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Uganda Source Type: news
