Moses Muwulya

  The passion of Christ; A comparison between Mark and John’s narratives. Jesus nailed on the cross (internet photo) By Moses Muwulya The narrative of the passion of Christ in Mark’s Gospel has similarities with that in John’s Gospel. These similarities are more pronounced in the pivotal events of Jesus’ passion which include; the triumphal entry, prediction of Peter’s denial and the story of how it eventually happened, the arrest of Jesus Christ and subsequently His trial, crucifixion and resurrection. Both Mark and John proclaim Jesus’ triumphal entry. In this pivotal event in the passion story, the duo recount Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey (a scene of the ancient prophecy in Zacharia 9:9) amidst praises piled to Him by the crowds that shouted “Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Mark 11:7-10 and John 12:12-14) Both Mark and John proclaim Jesus’ prediction of Peter’s denial and the story in which it happened. Mark proclaim...

  Let’s address men’s underutilization of HIV services SUMMARY: If the fast-track approach to end the AIDS epidemic is to be successful, the roles and responsibilities of men in the AIDS response need to be tabled. t is ten years since Allen (not real names) lost her husband to HIV/AIDS. But she always refers to his death as suicidal. Reason? Because much as he knew they were HIV positive, he vehemently refused to enroll on treatment.  Allen, on the other hand, took courage, accepted the sour fate and started drugs; adhered to her treatment, and as I write, her viral load is undetectable! With the inception of Anti Retrial Viral Drugs, HIV is no more a death sentence. The 33-year-old even got married to another man with whom she bore an HIV free baby, thanks to Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission (EMCT) Allen’s husband adds a figure to the huge list of men who prematurely succumb to HIV/AIDS related diseases because of their low uptake of test, treatment, and adherence...

World Cancer Declaration: Assessing Uganda’s compliance to the set ambitious targets for 2020   By Moses Muwulya   In September 2008 ,  a summit of more than 60 high-level policymakers, leaders and health experts adopted a global plan aimed at tackling the growing cancer crisis in developing countries. The plan was contained in the World Cancer Declaration in which nine ambitious targets were set for countries to fulfill. Listed from the first to the last, the targets included: Strengthening health systems for effective cancer control, measuring cancer burden and impact of cancer plans in all countries, reducing exposure to cancer risk factors, universal coverage of HPV and HBV vaccination, reducing stigma and dispelling myths about cancer. Other targets were:  universal access to screening and early detection for cancer, improving access to services across the cancer care continuum, universal availability of pain control and distress management a...

  Speaking "ill" about the dead: Is it the new normal we need to embrace internet photo By Moses Muwulya About five years ago, several prominent people in Uganda have died. We have witnessed people coming up,especiallyu on social media to talk ill about them. "How they thought they treated them as if they will never leave the world"; and so forth. A prominent radio personality, whose name I am afraid to mention, was a victim of this new normal: '"Talking ill about the dead", which in the past was never seen. People, in their eulogies could only talk about the good deeds of the deceased. Should they have nothing to credit them for, which is literally impossible, one would at least forge them. However, slowly but surely, this norm seems to be phasing away. The utterances made by Pastor Jackson Ssenyonga about Pastor Yiga,who went to be with his creator, yesterday continue to pave way for exit of this norm. Before I approach pastor Senyonga divinely, I ...