President\nYoweri Museveni has congratulated Dr. Misaki Wayengera, a Researcher at\nMakerere University College of Health Sciences, for his efforts in developing a\nrapid test kit to diagnose the deadly Ebola and Marburg viruses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\nwant to congratulate our scientists because they are really waking up and\nproducing a lot of products. The Government will fund you. It is the issue of\nprioritization and putting the money in the right place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nPresident was yesterday speaking during a meeting at State House, Entebbe to\nrecognize Dr. Misaki Wayengera who recently won the World Health Organization\n(WHO) high innovation challenge in Product Development Category that took place\nat the WHO Africa Regional Headquarters in Congo (Brazzaville).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President\nMuseveni said that the Government of Uganda will support the efforts of the\nresearchers by establishing a manufacturing facility that will enable them to\nput all the products together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\ncommended Dr. Wayengera and his team on the achievements realized adding that\nthe research can bring in a host of benefits to society because the products\nform the core that addresses many human challenges such as hemorrhage fevers\nand HIV afflictions that immensely affect the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nPresident observed that Uganda has, on several occasions, been attacked by\nepidemics, including Ebola and Marburg, resulting in the deaths of trained\npreventive workers and wananchi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
State\nMinister for Health, Hon. Sarah Ochieng Opendi, saluted Dr. Wayengera and his\nteam for the innovation saying their efforts will go a long way in easing the\ndiagnosis of viral hemorrhage fevers such as Ebola and Marburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Wayengera, on his part, thanked President Museveni for recognizing their efforts and his support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that the Rapid Test Kit, will eliminate all the viruses of Ebola adding that the kit is easy to deploy in rural village settings where there are no laboratories and expertise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The meeting was also attended by WHO Representative and Head of mission in Uganda, Dr Yonas Tegegn, Prof Charles Ibingira who is the Principal of Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Prof. Pontiano Kaleebu, Director of Uganda Virus Research Institute and Prof Wilson Byarugaba <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Yoweri Museveni has congratulated Dr. Misaki Wayengera, a Researcher at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, for his efforts in developing a rapid test kit to diagnose the deadly Ebola and Marburg viruses. \u201cI want to congratulate our scientists because they are really waking up and producing a lot of products. The Government will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10447,"featured_media":12008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-12003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n