By Esther Nakkazi Zimbabwe’s first death from Covid-19 is a journalist. A fine broadcaster Zororo Makamba, 30, was Zimbabwe’s second reported positive Covid-19 patient, health and child care minister Obadiah Moyo said on Saturday. Makamba died three days after admission with ‘severe respiratory distress’ at the Wilkins Infectious Diseases hospital in Harare, the city’s only…
By Vivian Agaba People living with HIV especially those not adhering to their drugs are more likely to be affected by coronavirus disease, experts say. In 2018, an estimated 1.4 million people were living with HIV, and an estimated 23,000 Ugandans died of AIDS-related illnesses. As of 2018 around 73% of adults living with HIV and 66%…
Anitah, not real name at 15 years old, is a teenage mother of one. The father of the baby is also slightly older however Anita’s parents arrested him and later released him so that he would fend for his new family. But this didn’t work because he had to return back to school. Apparently, Anita…
On 19th April 2017, a renowned local artiste Mathias Walukagga was aired on a national television, Bukedde, for having forced sexual relations with his former housemaid Aisha , whom he later promised to look after away from his home. Aisha has since given birth to a son at her parent’s homes without receiving a penny…
Government seeks to test 320,000 HIV positive people. Makerere Joint Aids Program(MJAP) has devised new models for HIV testing though targeted community outreaches with index clients,assisted partner mitigation and pattern testing. MJAP reveals 1,35million people in Uganda living with HIV/AIDs. HIV prevalence at 14years old for both girls and boys stands off at 0.5% while…
Many at times, we are stuck with no condom as the body agitates towards the ultimate point. Thus we give in to Sexually Transmitted Infections, unwanted pregnancies and so forth. The good news is that panty condoms could save the rush hour of the day. Speaking at 27th Science café held at Health Journalists Network…
The government’s endless efforts to uplift the living standards of poor people as a way to drive out poverty, through development funded programs to all categories of people seem futile. “Government has tried to invest in different groups like Entandikwa, youth livelihoods, NAADs, PMA, Nusaf 1 and others however the money from grants hasn’t made…
Are Ugandan Road Accident Deaths On The Rise? The Ministry of Transport and police disagree about whether increasing numbers of people are dying on Ugandan roads. We check the facts. Uganda’s Ministry of Works and Transport claims in its 2016/17 Annual Report that 9,572 people died in road accidents in the country over the past three years.…