Health
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Uganda’s Museveni vows no national lockdown as Ebola cases rise
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday reiterated his refusal to impose a nationwide Covid-like lockdown to contain the spread of Ebola despite a worrying increase in cases. Since the health min…
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Uganda says Ebola outbreak death toll rises to 48
The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in Uganda has risen to 48, with 131 confirmed cases, a health official involved in managing the outbreak said on Thursday. Last week Uganda’s health minister put…
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‘Considerable’ monkeypox transmission happens before symptoms – study suggests
Monkeypox can spread before symptoms appear, British researchers said on Wednesday, providing the first evidence indicating the virus can be transmitted this way. It was previously thought that monke…
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Maternal deaths decline significantly in Upper East Region
Maternal deaths have declined significantly in the Upper East Region within the first 10-months of 2022. At the end of October 2022, the region recorded 22 deaths, compared to the 39 deaths recorded …
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Uganda steps up Ebola response as virus infects 109, kills 30
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to 109 and the outbreak has claimed 30 lives, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said on Wednesday, adding that the government was setting up an a…
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Merck to donate Ebola vaccine candidate for research program in Uganda
Merck & Co said on Tuesday it was planning to produce and donate investigational Sudan ebolavirus vaccine to a global non-profit organization’s research program in Uganda, which is facing an outbreak…
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Uganda says 9 more Ebola cases confirmed in Kampala, urges vigilance
Uganda has reported nine more Ebola cases in the capital Kampala, bringing the total number of known infections to 14 in the last two days, the health minister said on Monday. The outbreak began in S…
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Sucking of breasts by men does not prevent breast cancer – BCI President
Ghanaian students have been advised to ignore inaccurate information that suggests that sucking of breasts by men prevents and cures breast cancer. The advice was to counter some media reports on soc…
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Uganda Ebola outbreak in still a manageable risk – Africa CDC
Africa’s top public health body said on Thursday there was a risk that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda could spread but it was still manageable at this stage and emergency measures were not necessary. “…
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GMA threatens to shut down all health facilities nationwide in protest of new tax system by GRA
The Ghana Medical Association says it will force the government to shut down health facilities nationwide in protest of a new tax system by the Ghana Revenue Authority that aims at shortchanging them…