Parliament has passed the Immunisation Bill, 2014 that seeks to reduce morbidity, mortality and disability due to life threatening and preventable infections in children and women of reproductive age. The Private Member’s Bill was moved by Yumbe District Woman Representative Huda Oleru in 2014. Presenting the report of the Health Committee on the Bill, the Chairperson […]
Cervical cancer is the most common form of cancers affecting most women in East African countries of Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Kenya. In Uganda alone every year close to 3,577 women get diagnosed with cervical cancer and about 2,464 die from it, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) report. But cervical cancer is […]
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 […]
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 […]