Uganda to vaccinate over 10,000 health workers against Ebola The government is set to vaccinate over 10,000 high-risk health workers against Ebola starting in May 2024. https://www.independent.co.ug/uganda-to-vaccinate-over-10000-health-workers-against-ebola/ More than a billion...

Smoking’s effects on the immune system can last years, study finds Smoking tobacco is so harmful to the body that it changes a person’s immune system, leaving them vulnerable to more disease and infection even years after they’ve quit, a new study found....

Is Community-Led Monitoring a Game Changer in Uganda’s HIV Response? Implemented across 80 districts in Uganda today, Community Led Monitoring is a unique HIV/TB quality improvement approach that puts people living with and at high risk of HIV/TB who are the end service users at the...

New drug to reduce malaria rates among pregnant women with HIV One million women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are also infected with malaria during pregnancy every year. https://nation.africa/kenya/health/new-drug-to-reduce-malaria-rates-among-pregnant-women-with-hiv-4508176...

Women and girls suffer the most from climate displacement Women in East Africa tend to carry the burden of domestic care and work; and have fewer opportunities to influence decision-making to mitigate and cope with climate change impacts....