Kampala — Uganda’s National Drug Authority (NDA) has shut down more than 70 illegal drug outlets and impounded medicines worth over Shs70 million during a major enforcement operation in southwestern Uganda. According to NDA spokesperson Abiaz Rwamwiri, the crackdown was conducted alongside the authority’s enforcement team across the districts of Kiruhura District, Ibanda District, and…
Uganda’s National Drug Authority (NDA) has approved lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injectable HIV prevention drug manufactured by U.S.-based Gilead Sciences. “This is a game-changer for HIV prevention, especially for those at high risk. This is a great step towards ending AIDS by 2030,” NDA said on X. The long-acting pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) offers high-risk adults and…
The National Drug Authority (NDA), working with the Uganda Police Force, has arrested a Senior Clinical Officer attached to Nyamuyanja Health Centre IV in Isingiro District over the theft of a huge consignment of government medicines, including more than half a million doses of antiretrovirals (ARVs). The suspect, Muzahura John Baptist, was tracked down after…