Cervical cancer and HIV—two diseases, one response

Cervical cancer and HIV—two diseases, one response: Cervical cancer—an illness that can be prevented by vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) and that is curable if detected and treated early—is developed by more than 500 000 women each year, half of whom die of the disease. If cervical cancer prevention, screening and treatment efforts are not urgently scaled up, it is projected that this number could double by 2035.

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Let’s address men’s underutilization of HIV services

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...

Ebenezer!

The scene is in Katerero,Byakabanda Sub county,Rakai District. I nearly lost my life after getting an accident at this point. Will thus say Ebenezer.

How my daughter’s battle with cancer grounded my faith in God,making me accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior

How my daughter’s battle with cancer grounded my faith in God,making me accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior My Wife,Rhodah carrying our daughter before she had lost her vision. BY MOSES MUWULYA It is always joy when parents expect and finally get a baby. While this was the case, after God blessing us with a bouncing baby girl, on 10 March 2013, our joy barely lasted two hours. It was replaced with worry, tension and anxiety after the baby refused to breast feed from day one. Her kind of deformed gum was too big to allow the nipple penetrate into her mouth to allow her suckle. We came to realize that she din’t even cry upon her delivery, as the norm is said to be. On her hands and legs, her skin looked like that of an aged person. The midwife who had seen my wife through labor, despite her seniority, she could hardly avail answers Her weak neck could turn to any direction. But I was acoustic that this was common among infants, but even...

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