The Ugandan government has received a substantial grant of USD 600 million (approximately Shs2 trillion) from the Global Fund to combat communicable diseases over the next three years. This funding will support efforts to treat HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria from 2024 to 2026. According to Ms Allen Kuteesa, a representative […]
Researchers from the Re-Imaging Tuberculosis Care (RTC), a global initiative engaging in the fight against TB, say decentralizing the care of the disease will help to reduce the burden. Uganda is one of the world’s thirty (30) high-burden countries for TB and TB/HIV co-infection. Each year, approximately 91,000 people in […]
By Kevin Githuku The UN health innovation initiative (Unitaid) has warned that the failure to implement Tuberculosis contact tracing and prevention could lead to close to one million deaths by 2035. In Uganda, the TB prevalence rate, according to the Ministry of Health stands at 253 cases per 100,000 adults, […]
Health experts say 50% of the people suffering from Tuberculosis (TB) do not show symptoms and have continued to transmit the disease among the community. The senior Lecturer at the Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences – Makerere University, Dr. Achilles Katamba says most people suffering from TB do […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the expanded scope of the WHO Director-General’s (DG) Flagship Initiative on Tuberculosis as the world commemorates World TB Day. The Initiative which is running for a period of five years is intended to fast-track progress towards ending TB and achieving universal health coverage by […]
