Health

After suffering from the deadly pandemic since last September, Uganda is now Ebola Free though official declaration comes out in January 12, 2023.

Even though people with impaired hearing face many obstacles and challenges in both education and work life, Young Mhandisa has fought against all odds, to reach where he is now.

This is more than five times above the 2030 SDG target of fewer than 70 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births, and much higher than the average of 13 deaths per 100 000 live births witnessed in Europe in 2017.

The program has brought together medical Practioners from both Kenya , Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia under proper coordinators by Head of Hemophilia Association Kenya Dr Kibet and his counterpart from Tanzania Dr Stella Rwezaula president of the Hemophilia…

Since the pandemic erupted a total of 40,471 Tanzanians got infected with series of Covid-19 viruses.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on the other hand has declared that AMR is one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity.

Most parts of the region are battling the worst drought in at least 40 years, with an unprecedented fifth rainy season failure now anticipated, while other parts face flooding and conflict.  

Official dispatch reading “Immediate suspension of school visitation days during Ebola virus disease outbreak in Uganda,” points out that the institutions of learning are more susceptible due to the concentration of persons.

The  World Bank estimates that nearly 30,000 people in Tanzania people die annually due to diarrheal diseases and an estimated 12.6 percent of children suffer from diarrheal diseases.

As of 16 October 2022, just 24 percent of the continent’s population had completed their primary vaccination series compared with the coverage of 64 percent at the global level.