Health Actualization

Uganda hit the highest teenage pregnancy rate in East Africa in 2022. According to UNICEF the pregnancy rate is at 25%. The misfortune of that, is a good number are teenagers of the age range 13 to 19 years of age. Alot has emerged regarding parents detachment from disciplining their…

United Nations Population Fund in 2021 reported in its study that Uganda registered 354,736 teenage pregnancies' in 2020. Between January and September 2021, 290,219 more were added to the negative statistics. It was further noted that this meant there were 32,000 cases recorded by month. Meanwhile the World Health Organization,…

By Dr. Linda Lilian As World Toilet day comes back to the fore this year. It is important that one of the challenges most women and girls face is addressed. That is infections picked off contaminated toilet sits. The rate of infections has gone up in recent years yet the…

2022 began and is ending with stories of children committing suicide in Uganda. The stories run in the mainstream news media. One of those stories was run on the Uganda Police Force portal indicating the suicide death of 11 year old Arafat Kasule a Primary 4 pupil at Kabira UMEA…

Many NGOs and activists have emerged over the years around the menstrual hygiene health component and a lot of emphasis is put on what is important; that is the menstrual pad. It is all about how blood flows and soaks or soils leaving the girl child or woman in a…

Menstruation is a vital part of a woman that crowns her reproductive potential and yet it ensues a charge of uncertainty that society shrouds in the possibility of humiliation. In 2014 working under the Network for Water and Sanitation I developed a campaign to promote Menstrual Hygiene Management in Uganda.…

When the genitals itch and the passage of urine is frequent but awful. Then the possibility of a Urinary Tract Infections is evident. It comes with discomfort, odour and also disorganizes the health body mode. Yet sit on toilets remain popular in toilet shared public zones, offices, restaurants, school and…

The Hippocratic Oath or Hypocrites Oath The COVID pandemic may have finally exposed the level of hypocrisy in medical practice. The Ugandan case indicates hospitals charging up to 126 million Ugandan shillings for the release of a patient or corpse. Just like all medical practitioners, worldwide Ugandan medical practitioners take…

Beyond Menstruation is the much needed effort for hygiene, health and Harmony to be established. A girl and every woman needs to have an environment that appreciates menstruation as a natural healthy pattern that requires social, physical, infrastructural, medical and emotional support. It starts with the blood discharge and the…