By Moses Muwulya, Communications Officer Emmanuel Kakooza is a peripheral artery patient. This type of disease increases the risk of developing a non-healing sore of the leg or feet. When these sores became severe, the affected part develops into a dead tissue. For Kakooza, the sore is on his feet. He
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Palliative care in cancer treatment
Palliative care in cancer treatment Regrettably, most cancer patients in Uganda are diagnosed when cancers are in advanced stages. Trends observed at the Uganda Cancer Institute indicate that almost 80 per cent of patients present the disease in advanced stages. The bitter meaning of this is limited interventions
Kitovu Mobile ART/TB care and Treatment sees Lwanga walk again after Bone tuberculosis had made him Immobile
Kitovu Mobile ART/TB care and Treatment sees Lwanga walk again after Bone tuberculosis had made him Immobile BY MOSES MUWULYA,COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER Without walking sticks,Seid Lwanga enjoys a morning walk around his parents’ home compound in Kaseeta,Kimanya-Kyabakuza Division,Masaka City . The scene gladdens our palliative care nurse, Jacky, who had paid
Kitovu Mobile Palliative Care services Insulating Lukyamuzi against intense cancer, age-related-pains
Kitovu Mobile Palliative Care services Insulating Lukyamuzi against intense cancer, age-related-pains BY MOSES MUWULYA,COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER Lukyamuzi Paul is 85 years old. He has advanced cancer of prostate. This medical condition used to bring pain to a man who is already braving age-related-pains. A resident of Jongooza,Kalisizi sub county,Kyotera District,Paul suffered
Covid-19 : How Kitovu Mobile braves lockdown to extend HIV,Palliative Care services to hundreds of clients in Masaka Region
By Moses Muwulya,Communications Officer Bidding to curb the spread of the infamousCovid-19,Uganda,like other Countries, imposed a quarantine. A ‘sad’, but necessary move,the quarantine saw many of Kitovu Mobile palliative and HIV care clients sink in fear. Mostly those on palliative care,hundreds of clients thought they were destined to sink in
Prostate cancer: Surviving with palliative care
Prostate cancer: Surviving with palliative care Apart from the Bible and the rosaries, the only other items on a small table adjacent to Paul Lubega’s bed, are his oral morphine bottles. It is this morphine that has brought relief to Lubega, a 65-year-old man battling HIV/Aids and protate cancer. He
Kitovu Mobile’s Palliative care services reliving Lubega of prostate cancer pain,redeems hope
Kitovu Mobile’s Palliative care services reliving Lubega of prostate cancer pain,redeems lost hope By Moses Muwulya,Communications Officer With a smile,Paul Lubega welcomes Jacky Namulondo,the Kitovu Mobile Palliative Care Nurse, to his home in Kyanjovu,Buwunga Sub-county,Masaka District. Namulondo is on a home visit to Lubega,a palliative care client.She is following up
Pictorial: Palliative Care Association Of Uganda (PCAU) Visits Kitovu Mobile to film a commemorative Documentary
Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU) has today,Tuesday, visited Kitovu Mobile, to film a commemorative documentary as it (PCAU) celebrates 20 years of Palliative Care Advocacy in Uganda. PCAU gave member organisations with whom they extend palliative care services,to be part of their historical documentary. They interviewed Kitovu Mobile Palliative
With Kitovu Mobile’s palliative care ,Fr Lukwago bravely battles prostate and bone cancer
KALUNGU.As Fr. Joseph Lukwago shares a story of his courageous battle against prostate and bone cancer, a visibly worried lady descends to his office at Villa Maria Catholic Parish in Kalungu District. She knocks at his office door and the man of God allows her to enter. “ Good morning
Pictorial: Kitovu Mobile Participation in the 2nd Uganda Conference on Cancer and Palliative Care
On 5th- 6th September,2019, Kitovu Mobile joined international and local Organisations that deal in cancer to participate in the 2nd Uganda Conference on Cancer and Palliative Care. Held at Kampala Serena Hotel,the conference which was organised by Uganda Cancer Society and Palliative Care Association Of Uganda, congregated Organisations dealing in
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