Life and Health - Miklah Life

World Suicide Prevention Day: The State of Suicide & How to Go About it – Sylvia Phaphali Adzitey

September 10, 2023 Vicent Nemeyimana No Comments Life and Health suicide

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has set aside September 10th annually to serve as World Suicide Prevention Day. It is a day dedicated to creating awareness and promoting actions toward the prevention of this global public health crisis. Yesterday, 10th September 2023, was another day for this suicide awareness having started in 2003. Miklah Life [...]read moreWorld Suicide Prevention Day: The State of Suicide & How to Go About it – Sylvia Phaphali Adzitey

Gender Based Violence: I sensitized about SGBV on International Women’s Day, & here is the Presentation!

March 28, 2023 Vicent Nemeyimana No Comments Life and Health

Gender based violence is what I told the world about on the International Women’s Day. How did it happen? I (Miklah Life) was invited to share a talk on sexual and gender-based violence to a group of women, men, youth and adolescents that were convening at Fire Center Church, Kisaasi. The event was being organized [...]read moreGender Based Violence: I sensitized about SGBV on International Women’s Day, & here is the Presentation!

3rd Delay during provision of emergency care in Kawempe National Referral Hospital

June 20, 2022 Vicent Nemeyimana No Comments Life and Health, Thoughts and Opinions Amulen Winfred, Kawempe National Referral Hospital, Three delays model

By Winfred Amulen, Midwife, Bachelor’s Degree In brief, 3rd delay is the delay of a mother to receive appropriate care even after she has made it to the hospital or trained healthcare provider. It is one of the three delays of mothers in accessing and utilizing maternal care for improved mother and newborn health. In [...]read more3rd Delay during provision of emergency care in Kawempe National Referral Hospital

International Albinism Awareness Day 2022: How it all happened, Jinja City, Kampala (Uganda).

June 20, 2022 Vicent Nemeyimana No Comments Miklah For Albinism, Life and Health, Miklah News and Updates albinism, International Albinism Awareness Day, Miklah for albinism

As you already know, 13th June 2022 was International Albinism Awareness Day (IAAD), a day set aside on by United nations in 2014 to commemorate and celebrate people with albinism across the world as we advocate for their rights and full social integration. Apparently, fights for this day started with us here in Africa, Tanzania, [...]read moreInternational Albinism Awareness Day 2022: How it all happened, Jinja City, Kampala (Uganda).

What is Albinism? How Common is it? Who Can Get it? And How? See this!

June 20, 2022 Vicent Nemeyimana 4 Comments Miklah For Albinism, Life and Health albinism, Albinism awareness, Miklah for albinism

In the Albinism awareness article, I hinted on the need to understand what albinism is before one can be a good advocate for people with albinism. Well, let us go to the beginnings. What is albinism? What is Albinism? In a simple sentence, albinism is a condition whereby one is born without or with less [...]read moreWhat is Albinism? How Common is it? Who Can Get it? And How? See this!

Uganda Accidents: My friend, My Classmate, Susan Alum is Gone! May Her Soul Rest in Peace.

May 4, 2022 Vicent Nemeyimana 22 Comments Thoughts and Opinions, Life and Health Accidents in uganda, Link bus accident, susan alum

Uganda accidents claim more than 30 people per day. Today’s Link Bus accident that claimed more than 20 lives took with itself a friend and classmate, Susan Alum. May Her Soul Rest in Peace. Amen As a 2018 MPH class of Uganda Martyrs University, we have a WhatsApp group where we catch up with each [...]read moreUganda Accidents: My friend, My Classmate, Susan Alum is Gone! May Her Soul Rest in Peace.

Ssenyonjo Andrew on the New School Grading System: The New Grading System Destroys Alpharism, which is Awesome, he says!

April 25, 2022 Vicent Nemeyimana No Comments Thoughts and Opinions, Life and Health

By now, you already know that some schools here in Uganda have already incorporated the new education curriculum for lower secondary school. Additionally, you must have heard that parents and students alike are already confused by the new grading system. Well, Ssenyonjo Andrew, the Ugandan Jobpreneur has said that the new grading system is actually [...]read moreSsenyonjo Andrew on the New School Grading System: The New Grading System Destroys Alpharism, which is Awesome, he says!

The History of PHC (Part 4): Introduction of GOBI-FFF, Child Survival Revolution, & Kick-out of Comprehensive PHC!

August 18, 2021 Vicent Nemeyimana No Comments Life and Health

In part 1, we opened ourselves to events before Alma Ata Declaration and noted life-time heroes and scholars who bargained for ‘health for all’, efforts that culminated into Alma Ata Declaration and the official birth of Primary Health Care. In Part 2, we deeply explored the Alma Ata Declaration, the official birth of PHC or [...]read moreThe History of PHC (Part 4): Introduction of GOBI-FFF, Child Survival Revolution, & Kick-out of Comprehensive PHC!

The History of PHC (Part 3): The Introduction of Selective Primary Health Care!

July 5, 2021 Vicent Nemeyimana No Comments Life and Health

Selective Primary Health Care is the approach to PHC that considers treatment or management of the few diseases that cause the most mortality and morbidity and for which effective treatment exists. It is basically about choosing and concentrating on a few things (a few aspects of health) among those that Primary Health Care (PHC) was [...]read moreThe History of PHC (Part 3): The Introduction of Selective Primary Health Care!

Can COVID-19 cause erectile dysfunction? Explore the answer!

July 2, 2021 Vicent Nemeyimana No Comments Life and Health

Can COVID-19 cause erectile dysfunction? Few days ago, Gaetano Kagwa, a Uganda radio personality who became famous following his participation in the first edition of Big Brother Africa, said that he no longer erects, a situation he blamed on COVID-19. Well, many took it as a joke, laughed it off and moved on. Others got [...]read moreCan COVID-19 cause erectile dysfunction? Explore the answer!