THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF EDUCATION. Education is a right for every child all around the world and it’s for the public good. In 2022, the theme of the international day of education will be “Changing Course, Transforming Education”. It is celebrated on the 24th of January every year. The United Nations General Assembly in 2018 adopted a resolution…
18 Jan
NATIONAL POLIO VACCINATION CAMPAIGN
The national Polio vaccination campaign was a three-day campaign aimed at reaching out to all children below the age of five. The target was to immunize 8.8 million children likewise to reach out to those who missed routine immunization. This exercise started on the 14th of January, 2021, and ended on the 16th which was…
12 Jan
TOBACCO
Tobacco according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse is a plant grown for its leaves which are dried and fermented before being put in tobacco products. The World Health Organization identifies tobacco as the leading cause of preventable deaths in the world. Numbers Close to 8 million people die around the world every year…
07 Jan
CERVICAL CANCER
Cervical cancer develops in women’s cervix (this is the entrance to the uterus from the vagina). According to the World Health Organization, almost all cervical cancer cases (99%) are linked to infection with high / risk human papillomaviruses (HPV). It is an extremely common virus transmitted through sexual contact. Cervical cancer is ranked fourth most…
REOPENING OF SCHOOLS.
The dream has come true after the announcement of the reopening of schools. Everyone is getting ready teachers, school owners, parents, and students. Reopening of schools but who is going back? After two years of closure, schools are to be opened up in Uganda on the 10th of January 2022. The president of Uganda confirmed…