Uganda News

Entebbe, 15 September 2015:- The African Regional Workshop on HIV & AIDS in Children  and Adolescents has today opened at Imperial Golf View Hotel under the theme  “Stepping up the case for HIV & AIDS care and treatment among children and adolescents in the African Region”, to review country progress in addressing HIV among children and adolescents.

Panel on WHO recommendations on Legal and Ethical Considerations

Entebbe, 16 September 2015:- Day two of the workshop focused on sharing country guidelines, opportunities and addressing challenges and solutions faced by the different Sub-Saharan countries in delivering HIV & AIDS treatment and care to children and adolescents.

Entebbe, 17 September 2015:- Day 3 of the workshop focused on delivering HIV & AIDS services through a continuum of care, Community Engagement and Participation and Strategic information; monitoring and evaluation.

Delivery of HIV & AIDS services through a continuum of care

Entebbe 22nd September 2015:- The Workshop ended on a good note with countries discussing their specific roadmaps on how they are going to make delivery of HIV & AIDS services to children and adolescents better. Each country came up with 10 priority programs upon which they will base to deliver HIV & AIDS to children and adolescents. 

Kyegegwa 12th October 2015: The Mass Measles Campaign was launched in Kyegegwa district at the Humura Primary School grounds under the theme ‘Uganda united against measles’. The key message to parents was to have their children immunized against the Vaccine Preventable Diseases (‘VPDs’).

Kampala, 27thst October 2015:- Malaria Consortium organized a meeting to share lessons and challenges in implementing the UNITAID project that encourages using malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test (mRDTs) in the private sector including drug shops and pharmacies in order to increase the number of malaria patients who get treatment after a confirmatory test at Hotel Africana.

Masaka, 3rd November 2015:- Uganda launched the 10th  Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV &AIDS campaign in the Central region in Masaka district at the  district grounds under the theme “Protecting our baby, our future”.

Mukono, 6 November 2015:  The Annual National Tuberculosis (TB) Stakeholders three-day meeting commenced at Collin Hotel in Mukono district, from 28th to 30th October under the theme “Engaging all stakeholders to end Tuberculosis epidemic in Uganda’’.

The objective of the meeting is to bring together all stakeholders to discuss the progress and key strategies to end the TB epidemic and Leprosy in Uganda.

Kampala, 6th November 2015:- Uganda hosted the Africa Day for food and nutrition safety at Speke Resort Munyonyo, under the theme “Empowering our women, Securing our Food, Improving our nutrition” which ties neatly with the declaration of the year 2015 as “The year of Women empowerment and Development towards Africa’s agenda 2063”.

Kampala, 10th November 2015: Community Health and Information Network (CHAIN) with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) convened a stakeholders meeting on Patient Safety at Mulago Hospital Guest House. The meeting was convened to discuss issues concerning patient safety and health-care quality and also brainstorm ways to incorporate patients and communities’ perspectives in efforts to address health-care challenges.