Male circumcision offers partial protection to HIV negative males who have unprotected sex with HIV positive females. Male circumcision protects males against various Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDS) and STI’s. Uncircumcised men are more likely to harbour the cancer-causing HUMAN PAPILOMA VIRUS (HPV) in their fore skin. Circumcision therefore offers protection from prostate cancer, and […]
There are reports being circulated in town that UPDF budgeted 2.5 billion shillings to organise the 31st Tarehe Sita week. The week is marked annually in remembrance of the first armed attack when Yoweri Museveni and his NRA rebels launched a guerrilla war on February 6, 1981. The climax of the week is always February […]
The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has called for a mandatory tasting for cancer in Uganda as way of combating the disease in the country. Speaking at the inauguration of health week in the parliamentary commission Kadaga said that the proposal for mandatory tasting was made last year but government is yet to take action. […]
Health experts have noted the need for all stakeholders to work towards scaling up the number of circumcised men in the country in order to curb HIV infections. Officials from the ministry of Health revealed that the prevalence of safe male circumcision must be increased from the current 25 % to at least 40% to […]
Over 100 males have today undergone medical circumcision at Mukono health centre as government promotes the procedure that the World Health Organization says could reduce the risk of HIV infection by 60%. The circumcision being offered free of charge has been launched in Mukono by the Makerere Walter Reed Project and will be continuous as one of the […]
Church leaders in Bushenyi district have rejected safe male circumcision saying the practice continues the decadency in people’s moral standards, Religious leaders say medical people will have packaged their massage about male circumcision to encourage people to practice sexual immorality. Church leaders mentioned preaching faithfulness for married couples and call for abstinence for the pre-marital […]