By: Tido von Shoen-Angerer 24 November 2010 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) was caught red-handed last week selling Synflorix, a vaccine that protects children from pneumococcal disease, for USD $150 in Uganda — European prices, in effect — when at the same time, the pharmaceutical company is withholding the same vaccine from an international subsidy that hopes to […]
Two million Ugandan children targeted for polio immunizations
Press Release by UNICEF Posted 19 November 2020 KAMPALA, – In response to the polio case detected in the Bugiri district in mid-October, the Ministry of Health, WHO and UNICEF will begin the first round of supplemental polio immunizations from Saturday November 20 to Monday November 22. “Over two million children up to age 5 […]
Cancer Treatment Out of Reach for Ugandan Women
By: Rosebell Kagumire 04 November 2010 SOROTI, Uganda, Nov 4, 2010 (IPS) – Josephine Adongo’s heart leapt when she heard that two doctors from Kampala were offering free medical exams in Soroti. She was diagnosed with cervical cancer at a regional hospital more than a year previously, but unable to afford to travel to the […]
Mass Immunization Hopes to Stop Polio in Angola
By: Roxel 02 October 2010 Angola starts its bid to immunize children below five years old in accordance with the nation’s campaign to eradicate polio. The mass vaccination is a part of the countries series of programs to stop polio epidemic that accounts for the 24 children who are paralyzed in this year alone. According […]
Cervical Cancer: Every sexually active woman is at risk
By: Sola Ogundipe and Chioma Obinna 11 September 2010 Nigeria: In recent times, statistics available have shown that in Nigeria, cervical cancer accounts for 15 per cent of female cancers as compared to just about 3.6 percent in the developed countries. Shockingly, less than 0.1 per cent of Nigerian women have ever had cervical cancer […]
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