The levels of anti-HPV16/18 and anti-HPV31/33/35/45/52/58 antibodies among AS04-adjuvanted HPV16/18 vaccinated and non-vaccinated Ugandan girls aged 10–16 years Miriam Nakalembe1*, Cecily Banura2, Proscovia B Namujju34 and Florence M Mirembe1 Abstract Background Data on Human Papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine immune response in sub-Saharan Africa is still sparse yet such knowledge is critical for optimal implementation and monitoring […]
Vaccination Campaigns To Stop Yellow Fever Spread Get Underway In E. Africa
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report 24 January 2011 Individuals traveling across East Africa on Friday were ordered to begin receiving mandatory yellow fever vaccines in an effort “to contain an outbreak of the disease in Uganda,” which has sickened an estimated 190 people, resulting in 48 deaths as of Dec. 30, 2010, the Citizen […]
A Tale of Two Vaccines — Why Price Discounts for Developing Countries Show Limits
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 […]
