HPV

Government set to flag off new cervical cancer vaccine

Government set to flag off new cervical cancer vaccine

Government has set to flag off the roll out of the new vaccine against cervical cancer into the national routine immunization schedule throughout the country today. The Minister for Health Dr. Elioda Tumwesigye says that the flagging off function will be at Bwera Senior Secondary School play ground in Kasese district. It is estimated that cervical cancer […]

50% of men have cancer virus- researchers in US, Brazil and Mexico reveal

  About 50% of men in different parts of Africa and the world at large may have a cancer virus called the Human Wart Virus or HPV that causes cervical and other types of cancers. The presence of cancer viruses in men strengthens the case for vaccinating boys against HPV cancer viruses. Researchers studied infection […]

Causes of painful sex, genital swellings

Painful sex and genital swellings are closely associated with warts which are a form of sexually transmitted infection. Genetical warts are skin infections of the genital, oral and anal areas as far as the cervix, cavatina, rectum lining, penis-head, urethra, mouth and throats. The warts are caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV). It affects […]

Dangers of wearing second hand clothes

Wearing second hand underwear without washing them first with a detergent can transmit genital warts. Signs of genetal warts may appear in about three months or in a year. After infection signs, pain comes when passing out urine. Another sign of genetical warts are bleeding during sex and chronic itching in the genetical areas and […]