During the height of the insurgency in Northern Uganda, 1992 to 2008, with funding support from its partners, Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR) constructed 14 Maternal Health Centres and donated to them to the respective district local governments to own and to manage in accessing services to the people of Northern Uganda. Among … Continue reading Quality of Maternity Care Service in Uganda
Use of GeneXpert in Northern Uganda
The “gold standard has to be the GeneXpert” asserted respondents in CPAR Uganda’s qualitative investigation into pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). GeneXpert machines facilitate diagnosis of TB. As of 2010 GeneXpert is a World Health Organisation recommended technology for detecting TB. The Uganda National TB and Leprosy Control Programme (NTLP), in its current strategic plan, recommend the … Continue reading Use of GeneXpert in Northern Uganda
Prevalence of TB in Northern Uganda
The Ministry of Health, in its 2015 publication: “The National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey, 2014-2015 Survey Report,” estimates Uganda’s national tuberculosis (TB) prevalence rate at 253/100,000; an estimated 87,000 TB cases annually. Using the national TB prevalence rate, it is valid to surmise that, in 2017, the greater northern region (Karamoja, Lango, Acholi and West Nile), … Continue reading Prevalence of TB in Northern Uganda
Tuberculosis in Northern Uganda
As the world battles with the novel Coronavirus COVID-19, we find it timely to share this briefing on the findings of an empirical investigation into tuberculosis in Uganda. It should be noted that unlike in other parts of the world, TB is equally a pandemic in Uganda. Thousands of Ugandans are infected with TB and … Continue reading Tuberculosis in Northern Uganda
Tuberculosis is a pandemic
Uganda’s forgotten active pandemic is tuberculosis (TB). According to TB Alliance, the World Health Organisation (WHO) acknowledges that "TB is the leading infectious cause of death in the world, killing 1.5 million each year."World Health Organisation The New Vision published a story in which it was reported that the Ministry of Health TB Survey (2014-2015) found: … Continue reading Tuberculosis is a pandemic
Government Vehicles taking PLHIV to Collect ARVs is Problematic
Government of Uganda’s provision that during the COVID-19 induced lock-down, districts will make available vehicles at designated points to drive people living with HIV (PLHIV) to health centres to pick their medication is humanitarian and compassionate, but only on the face of it. In real life, for some PLHIV this provision could be a death … Continue reading Government Vehicles taking PLHIV to Collect ARVs is Problematic
Everyone should act like they are carrying the virus
History has shown that fast and immediate closings of public places has helped in the past pandemics. Philadelphia and Baltimore were reluctant to close events in 1918 and they were the hardest hit in the US during the Spanish Flu. Factoid: Henry VIII stayed in his room and allowed no one near him, till the … Continue reading Everyone should act like they are carrying the virus
Coronavirus a Bigger Deal than Seasonal Flu
Coronavirus existed in animals only, for nobody knows how long, but one day, at an animal market, in Wuhan China, in December 2019, it mutated and made the jump from animal to people. At first, only animals could give it to a person. But here is the scary part, in just TWO WEEKS it mutated … Continue reading Coronavirus a Bigger Deal than Seasonal Flu
Know COVID-19 aka Corona Virus
The Chinese now understand the behaviour of the COVID-19 Virus thanks to autopsies that they have carried out. This virus is characterised by obstructing respiratory pathways with thick mucus that solidifies and blocks the air ways and lungs. So, they have discovered that in order to be able to apply a medicine you have to … Continue reading Know COVID-19 aka Corona Virus
Tuberculosis on the rise in Uganda
Dr Stavia Turyahabwe, Programme Manager, Uganda National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme, agreed with research findings of CPAR Uganda’s investigation into pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda, which found that TB is on the increase in Uganda. This was revealed in a story: “Tuberculosis on the rise in northern Uganda,” which was published on 20th July … Continue reading Tuberculosis on the rise in Uganda
