All posts tagged "Lilian Nuwabaine"

Are you raising a son for yourself or for someone’s daughter?

In the past few weeks, we had recurrent arguments on various ladies’ platforms on how to raise sons. While majority of the...

Prostate Cancer: What You Need To Know

Additional ways of reducing your chances of getting prostate cancer include; avoid smoking and reduce on alcohol consumption, stay sexually active, get...

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Formalize Oncology Nursing Education and Training in Uganda

Unlike high-income countries, low-income countries like Uganda lack the standardized training and scope of practice in oncology nursing.

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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...

Babies above six months predominantly breastfed are prone to anaemia

According to UNICEF, one in two under-five children suffer from hidden hunger (micronutrient deficiency) and iron deficiency is the world’s commonest micronutrient...

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Prioritise 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...

Baby blues: a common health condition among mothers after delivery

Baby blues are found to occur in 50% to 80% the of the new mothers and this condition occurs in the first...

Memory loss during Pregnancy: Is it a Myth or Fact?

Many pregnant people report symptoms of what's known as “pregnancy brain,” like forgetfulness, short periods of memory loss, and mental...

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The biological clock: a concern for women

It is always a good idea to plan pregnancy and complete the family at a younger age than older. However, as this...

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.

Why babies should sleep on their backs and never on their tummies or sides

Putting your baby to sleep on their back carries a much lower risk of SIDS than putting them to sleep on their...

Promoting safe motherhood: Tackling the three delays

According to the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey of 2016, maternal and neonatal mortality remains high with 336 deaths/per 100,000 live births...

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LILIAN NUWABAINE: What everyone should know about Breast cancer

October is a month where there are efforts to educate everyone about breast cancer including early identification and signs and symptoms associated...

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Why Ugandans should embrace routine health check-ups

Health check-ups aim to not only help the person to prevent illnesses and its complications but also to make changes in their...

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Pregnancy while breastfeeding: Is this possible if one’s menses haven’t returned?

It is still possible for a nursing mother to become pregnant during this time, but her chances are low if her physiological...

Contribution of Nurses in Patient Safety

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), approximately 10 million people around the world suffer from debilitating injuries or death due to...

Why 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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Midwifery care remains key in managing complications of pregnancy and childbirth

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), around 15% of all pregnant women will develop a potentially life-threatening complication that calls for...

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...

Nurses and Midwives play a key role in facilitating successful breastfeeding

There is a great need to also strengthen the leadership role of midwives and nurses at national, local, and facility levels and...

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OP-ED

OPINION: Gov’t should prioritize graduate midwives

Care provided by midwives who are educated and regulated according to international professional standards is defined as a core strategy for decreasing...

Provide sexuality education to children and adolescents

Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) aka sex education is an instruction method based on-curriculum which aims at giving students the knowledge, skills, attitudes,...

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