| Uganda: Nakaseke Hospital - What is Behind the Health Workers' Strike?
HELL fury has erupted in Nakaseke Hospital. Not the whole hospital, but the gate. About 20 former members of staff demand to be let in. They want to strike. Of the 174 hospital staff, 28 have been transferred to health centres. These include clinical officers, nurses, nursing assistants, pharmacists, administrators and potters. Nakaseke chief administrative officer (CAO), Andrew Kyamanywa, insists the transfers were aimed at improving health centres. "Victimisation, sexual harassment," some transferred staff cry. But what is really happening? The cops are here. Their brief? .
Allergen Immunotherapy Evolves As Faster, Safer And Longer Lasting Treatment
Time tested for a century, allergen immunotherapy has evolved into revolutionary methods of administration, as well as faster, safer and longer lasting treatments according to the latest research presented at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) in Dallas.
Recent studies have shown subcutaneous immunotherapy, or allergy shots, may prevent the progression of allergic disease and reduce the risk of developing asthma; reduce the need for medication; reduce utilization and costs of health care services; and provide long term remission after discontinuation of treatment.
"In a recent study of allergy immunotherapy among Florida Medicaid enrolled children with allergic rhinitis, there was a significant reduction in utilization and costs of health care services, especially inpatient care," said Linda S.
Smoking Snapshots Spark Debate in India
(AP) -- Health activists said Tuesday that powerful tobacco industry groups could scuttle a federal government decision to require photographs of cancer patients on cigarette packs sold in India by next month. Several other countries have tried similar strategies to discourage smoking. .
Tuberculosis Breaches Borders, But Not Public Health
Immigrants from countries with high rates of tuberculosis who move to countries of low TB incidence do not pose a public health threat to native citizens, according to researchers in Norway, who analyzed the incidence and genetic origins of all known cases of TB in the country between 1993 and 2005.
Their results were reported in the first issue for November of the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
After gathering all available cultures from the identified cases and eliminating samples suspected of being contaminated in the lab, the researchers examined 2,173 cases of TB in the country over 12 years. They tracked outbreaks among native-born citizens and immigrants, and analyzed the genetic strain of each confirmed case using cultures obtained through patient samples at 14 laboratories that service the entire country.
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