On Wednesday, Uganda joined the rest of the world to commemorate the World Population Day. The day was instituted in 1989 by the Governing Council of the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) and inspired by public interest in the Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987 (the estimated date on
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Double trouble as Luyinda bravely fights cancer, HIV
Today, Moses Muwulya writes about Vincent Luyinda who is living with cancer and HIV/Aids. Vincent Luyinda gets out of the house holding an oral morphine bottle, a drug which relives cancer patients of pain. The 32-year-old, who lives with his elderly father in Misaali, a suburb of Masaka Town,
How Masaka rose from Aids ashes to inspire a continent
From the extreme end of St Mary’s Kiruuli primary school in Kifamba, Rakai district, Dominic Matovu watched as the pupils ran about in the school compound during lunch break. From his strategic position, he could easily monitor what was going on at the school’s makeshift kitchen where pupils were being
Young nurse who battled Rakai’s early HIV storm is now Kyotera MP
When HIV/Aids was first reported in parts of present-day Kyotera district, only a few wanted to associate with people suffering from the then mysterious killer disease that left its sufferers looking like walking skeletons. Only close family members stood by the afflicted. But for Robina Ssentongo Nakasirye, the newly elected
2017, the beginning of the end of AIDS?
Madison McCulla works for one of CAFOD’s partners in Uganda, supporting people living with HIV and AIDS. She reflects on the achievements that have been made since the 1980s. It is possible that AIDS could be eradicated within the next 15 years. If 90 per cent of all people worldwide
Premarital sex blamed for failing HIV campaign
Masaka- Lack of moral values and premarital sex have been blamed for escalating HIV/Aids infection rates among adolescents in Masaka District. Ms Robinah Ssentongo, the director of Kitovu Mobile Aids Organisation, a local NGO, revealed that according to a survey made in Kyannamukaaka Sub-county by her organisation, the prevalence rate
Palliative care: Easing the pain of illness for patients
And this became the first journey of seven surgeries that he would undergo in a space of 12 months. The tumour was growing fast, but endless test results showed it was not cancerous. Photos of Okello which his wife showed us, and taken three days before we first met him
Witnessing Palliative Care in action: Kitovu Mobile PC Unit, Masaka
Uganda is a paradox. The land is rich and fertile. The sun shines brightly every day, and yet it rains often enough to keep things growing. Family and community are highly valued, and people are generous with their time. Yet there is so much unnecessary suffering. Somehow, though there is
HIV infections could outstrip access to antiretroviral enrolment by twofold
Sandra Asiimwe was just a baby when her parents died from Aids. But 10 years later she lives, thanks, in part, to medical advances in treating HIV/Aids, and the care of her elderly grandmother Edith Nankabirwa of Byakabanda village in Rakai district. Two years after her parents’ death, Asiimwe’s grandmother
Double Trauma: Land grabbing from AIDS orphans when the parents pass away
A double traumatic experience: AIDS orphans loose their homes just after the parents have passed away. Community based support for AIDS orphans and vulnerable children focus on mediation as prevention of land and property grabbing. The article reports from field experiences of an HIV/AIDS-project with a holistic approach in the