By DICTA ASIIMWE

Posted Saturday, April 20 2013 at 18:38

IN SUMMARY

• Complacency has been a major contributor to the rise because the behaviours that fuelled the epidemic at the beginning are back. The behaviours include having unprotected sex.

After Uganda’s initial success in the fight against HIV/Aids in the mid 1990s, the numbers have been on the rise since 2002, causing concern among activists and donors.

By JOINT REPORT

The EastAfrican

Posted Saturday, April 6 2013 at 18:48

IN SUMMARY

• The government has already provided 75 per cent of the funding needed to complete a $22 million biolarvicide factory with a capacity of six million litres per year.

• Once the Tanzania plant starts its operations the country will export the compound to other countries, which are also in dire need of the eco-friendly malaria products.

By HALIMA ABDALLAH Special Correspondent
Posted Saturday, March 30 2013 at 21:55

IN SUMMARY

By CHRISTABEL LIGAMI

• The new regime, known as prevention of mother to child transmission option B+ was recommended by the World Health Organisation to improve maternal and paediatric health. The regime has been integrated into antenatal care services.

In East Africa, new guidelines for HIV management require all pregnant women with HIV/Aids virus to be put on anti-retroviral treatment to prevent transmission of the virus to their unborn children.

By Esther Nakkazi Special Correspondent

IN SUMMARY

• Ministry of Health estimates that Ugandans need about 283 million condoms annually but only 97 million were in stock as of end of November 2012.

Uganda's HIV prevention campaign has been hit by an acute condom shortage amid a standoff between the government and donors over a proposed waiver of a policy meant to improve condom quality.

Ministry of Health estimates that Ugandans need about 283 million condoms annually but only 97 million were in stock as of end of November 2012.

By MIKE MANDE The EastAfrican

Posted Saturday, December 15 2012 at 18:03

In Summary

• The draft policy will make it mandatory for small-scale farmers in East Africa to buy all their seeds from multinational firms and stop using seeds from past harvests.

• The group faults the process used to develop the draft policy and the negative impact its adoption would have on small-scale farmers, food security and on agricultural biodiversity.

By CHRISTABEL LIGAMI Special Correspondent

In Summary

• The African Medical Research Foundation (Amref) has partnered with health ministries to execute the three-year programme.

• The three-year campaign dubbed “Stand up for African mothers,” aims at training midwives and create awareness about maternal deaths in the region.

• Lennie Bazira, the Amref Kenya country director, said currently one skilled midwife is able to provide care for 500 mothers every year and safely deliver 100 babies.

By STEVE MBOGO Special Correspondent

In Summary

• The Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (Cewarn) monitored the incidence and patterns of violent conflict and noted a significant drop in the Karamoja Cluster that includes the shared border regions of Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan and Ethiopia.

• A decline in conflicts has also been recorded in the Somalia Cluster, which includes the shared border regions of Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia.

Violent conflict, porous borders, regional integration and poor healthcare infrastructure have created the perfect storm to make the region particularly susceptible to the deadly disease.

The Ebola outbreak in western Uganda over the past two weeks reveals how violent conflict, porous borders and poor healthcare infrastructure have created the perfect storm to make the region particularly susceptible to the deadly disease.