In recent decades, soft skills have been a hot topic of discussion globally. The demand for soft skills in the workforce is...
In all cultures, the midwife’s place is on the brink of life, where intense human emotions, fear, hope, belonging, triumph, and incredible...
Worldwide, there is overwhelming evidence from policy, research, and training institutions that the care of a midwife can mitigate the risk of...
Creating gender equity in nursing and midwifery leadership remains key. Generally, women comprise almost 70% of healthcare workers globally and nearly 90%...
“Women with pulled or stretched labia are usually sweeter and exciting in bed”, says one of the men in a certain social...
Recently, while contributing to the cervical cancer awareness month of January by sharing daily sensitization messages about cervical cancer on all social...
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month is a global healthcare event observed for the entire month of January every year, with an aim to...
While contributing to cervical cancer awareness in January through community sensitization using various social media platforms, lots of questions keep coming in...
As midwives, being ‘with woman’ is at the heart of what we do every day. This is part of our identity and...
A wide range of strategies to reduce maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality through encouraging facility-based births and skilled attendance at birth...
“I sincerely congratulate NASMEC on the success of the 03rd National Safe Motherhood Conference, which was well-organized, well-balanced, and had a very...
By Aisha Naava & Lilian Nuwabaine Luyima Several HIV newly diagnosed clients are discovered on a daily, irrespective of the preventive measures,...
Breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide and the leading cause of cancer deaths among women. In fact, 1 in 8...
“What a fantastic conference!”. The presentations were of very high quality. This was by far the most informative conference that I have...
Recently, while conducting Antenatal Care (ANC) in one of the lower health facilities, a pregnant woman walked in with her spouse for...
In a space of one to two months back, we have noted increasing cases where people collapse and die mysteriously in Uganda....
By Aisha Naava and Lilian Nuwabaine Of recent, we received a client with several opportunistic infections which were life-threatening. We went ahead...
Globally, it is a well-known fact that breastfeeding suppresses a woman’s fertility in the early months after delivery. However, many women do...
Often, we as health workers support mothers to successfully breastfeed their babies. Globally, it is known that breastfeeding is one of the...
Interestingly, we cannot talk about breast milk without talking about breastfeeding. Looking at this from the oldest book ever known, the Bible....
The consumption of alcohol by women during pregnancy may have adverse effects not only on the incidence of diseases, injuries, and other...
As a midwife and Women’s’ Health Specialist, I encounter lots of pregnant women with various concerns. A few years ago, while working...
As health workers, often, we receive calls from family, friends and different people in the community complaining of not feeling well, with...
Five years ago, while working in one of the biggest referral hospitals in Uganda, I encountered a 16year old girl who came...