For thousands of years, malaria was a mysterious illness affecting people across the globe. Even the name of the disease, ‘malaria’, derived from two Italian words meaning ‘bad air’, highlights the confusion around the transmission of this disease. It was only following the discovery of malaria parasites in the gut of Anopheles mosquitoes in India […]
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, access to quality healthcare is expensive and tedious. But Bienvenue Zigabe has managed to create an application to facilitate quick access to medical services. “Wiiqare” helps patients pay for treatment and drugs using their savings or on credit. “Our goal is for everyone to have access to health care. […]
By Esther Oluka The Ministry of Health has confirmed a polio outbreak in the country. The polioviruses were established on July 21 from two samples collected on June 1 from the sewage plants of Bugolobi and Lubigi in Kampala. “The results confirmed a circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus Type 2 in Uganda. The virus sequencing […]
Twelve and a half years of sobriety may seem like a long time, especially in the middle of a seemingly endless and politicized pandemic, but as I write these words, there’s a part of me that thinks I should’ve never made it this far in my recovery from alcoholism. But somehow I did, and my […]
Accra — On one of Naomi Otua’s regular trips to visit her grandson James in the town of Assin Fosu in Ghana’s Central Region, she noticed something was seriously wrong. The 10-year-old’s eyes were jaundiced and he had lost a significant amount of weight. Worried, Otua decided to take James to the Suhum Government Hospital. […]
