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Prof Ogwang: MUST Lecturer and Covidex Inventor Awarded National Medal

Atukunda by Atukunda
3 years ago
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Prof. Patrick Ogwang, the innovator of Covidex is one of the 50 people that were awarded with medals during the Liberation Day celebrations at Kololo Grounds on January 26, 2022. He was awarded with the Golden Jubilee medal under the civilian category for his tremendous work.

Patrick Engeu Ogwang is a pharmacist, pharmacologist, ethnobotanist, medical researcher and entrepreneur, who serves as an associate professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacy at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST). He concurrently serves as the Executive Chairman of Jena Herbals Uganda Limited, a private company that he founded that manufactures Covidex.

Covidex is a herbal extract from three indigenous plants that has been instrumental in the treatment of the lethal corona virus.

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In 2020, when an American visiting professor contracted COVD-19 in Uganda, Prof Ogwang modified a concoction that he had been developing to treat viral mouth ulcers to drop into his nostrils several times a day. Prior research had shown that the mixture had antiviral properties. The visitor made a full recovery in short order! A colleague of the guest professor who had traveled with him to Uganda also fell ill with COVID-19 and was also helped, without having to be admitted.

In May/June 2021, when the delta variant of the COVID-19 made its entry into the country, Prof Ogwang shared his anti-COVID-19 nasal drops with some family members and close friends and they all got better. Then Professor Ogwang himself came down with COVID-19; he used his medicine which – Covidex to heal himself.

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After he had about 10 documented cases, he approached the National Drug Authority for an emergency license. He was awarded a temporary emergency license, while he arranges full clinical trials. Medical practitioners may use Covidex along with other treatment regimens, since Covidex is known to have anti-viral properties.

Prof Ogwang graduated with a Bachelor of Pharmacy from  Makerere University followed with a Master of Pharmacology at the hill. His third degree is a Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology, from the same university

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