Ebola Is Here

Image credits: WHO Stop the Ebola from spread to you and any other PersonHow does Ebola virus spread??The virus spreads through direct contact (such as through broken skin or mucous membranes in the mouth, nostrils, and eyes,) with:• Blood or body fluids (urine, saliva, sweat, feces, vomitus, breast milk, amniotic fluid, and…

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Cervical Cancer

In Uganda the incidence rate for cervical cancer is 45.6 per 100,000 women (9), which is one of the world’s highest age-adjusted cervical cancer incidence rate. Cervical cancer is the leading cancer affecting women in Uganda [3] with an annual incidence of 6,413 cases and annual mortality of 4,301 deaths [3]. Cervical cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells on the cervix, the lowest and outermost part of the uterus

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Malaria in Pregnancy

Are you at Risk? Throught your lifetime from childhood to adulthood, you get exposed to malaria infections and progressively your body builds immunity. That explains why adults rarely get severe forms of malaria compared to children. However, we have groups of adults who still get severe forms of malaria and these include,…

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