All posts tagged "Aisha Naava"
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221OP-EDOccupational Health Hazards; A Silent Killer of the Nations’ developers
By Aisha Naava On a daily people wake up to go and make money, to live a better life at that particular...
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665HealthCerebral Palsy: What the community considers witchcraft, and what you ought to know
By Aisha Naava One of the key challenges faced by individuals with cerebral palsy in Uganda is the limited awareness and understanding...
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1.3KHealthConsider using Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce the risk of HIV contraction
Recently, while conducting Antenatal Care (ANC) in one of the lower health facilities, a pregnant woman walked in with her spouse for...
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1.3KHealth
Blood clots and death: A worrying condition for most Ugandans
In a space of one to two months back, we have noted increasing cases where people collapse and die mysteriously in Uganda....
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Continuous viral load monitoring for HIV-positive patients is essential
By Aisha Naava and Lilian Nuwabaine Of recent, we received a client with several opportunistic infections which were life-threatening. We went ahead...
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1.3KHealthWhy you should avoid self-medication with antibiotics
As health workers, often, we receive calls from family, friends and different people in the community complaining of not feeling well, with...
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1.3KHealth
Pregnant women at higher risk of developing blood clot
Pregnant women may also experience less blood flow to the legs later in pregnancy because the blood vessels around the pelvis are...
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1.9KHealth
Can an HIV-Positive Mother give birth to an HIV-Negative baby?
To eliminate Mother to Child Transmission, increasing antenatal HIV screening and linking HIV-positive pregnant women to PMTCT and ART care and providing...
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Let’s prioritise the well-being of adolescents
Adolescence is the transition from childhood to adulthood characterized by physical, psychological, and social changes.
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734HealthManage latent TB to reduce new active cases
When a person’s immune system is weak, latent TB infection can quickly progress to TB disease, like we all know that not...
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620ReligionHoly Ramadhan is here; Are you prepared?
The Ramadan start date for 2023 is expected to begin on Wednesday 22 March, following the sighting of the moon over Mecca....
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681OP-ED
OP-ED: Stress has done more harm than good
Despite age, sex, ethnicity, and religion, no one is resistant to the burdens of stress as evidenced by the alarming statistics about...
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853HealthPrioritise investing in your own health
When people visit their nearby health facilities for screening and routine checkups so as to identify and manage health problems early, they...
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1.1KHealth
HEALTH: Self-medication is still a major health concern
Health education on adverse implications of self-medication should focus on both the health care professionals and general public at large.
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1.0KHealthWhy you should get tested for Hepatitis B now?
In 2019, Hepatitis B resulted in an estimated 820, 000 deaths, mostly from liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (primary liver cancer). The...
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1.3KOpinion
Why You Should Prioritize Self-Love
Self-love involves impressing oneself and not anyone else, you find happiness in doing things that give pleasure to you. Loving yourself provides...
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1.3KHealth
Provide Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to HIV exposed persons
In the context of HIV, post-exposure prophylaxis refers to the set of services that are provided to manage the specific aspects of...
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1.0KHealth
Boosting children’s immunity; A must-do for every parent in the current situation
The increasing number of children with recurrent, on and off fevers that do not respond to antipyretics; the coughs and flue that...
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1.2KHealth
Detection and management of adverse drug events among people living with HIV to end HIV/AIDs by 2030
Poor adherence leads to an inability to suppress the viral load, an eruption of opportunistic infections, increased likelihood of HIV transmission, drug...