In February of 2020 just days before the national Covid-19 lockdown in Uganda, I had a theory! This theory was that the bushfires in Australia had had a significant hand in the start of the coronavirus covid19. The bushfires of the 2019-2020 season were some of the worst in Australian History. The Australian bushfire season [...]read moreOpinion: What if Bushfires Gave us COVID-19? Listen to Roy N. Kusemererwa!
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first discovered in China (Wuhan city) in early December 2019 (World Health Organization-WHO, 2020). On 30th January 2020 and 11th March 2020, it was declared a public health emergency of international concern and a global pandemic respectively (WHO, 2020). The disease spread so fast that, in just few weeks, it [...]read moreIs Covid-19 Vaccine Safe? Should You Take it?
Today, Uganda, in an exciting move, is going to start treating COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma. According to Dr. Aceng and Ministry of Health, commencement of this trial will determine the efficacy of the treatment and inform our next steps. According to the minister, writes Amamukirori Betty of New Vision, the treatment trial is starting [...]read moreCOVID-19 in Uganda: Could convalescent plasma treatment save us?
Life after COVID-19 won’t be the same, never! It beats my mind to see how the world has collectively come to agree to halt life; stop businesses, ban flights, close hotels and beaches and, yeah, ask everyone to stay at home. READ THIS TOO: The reason for the global response to COVID-19 [...]read moreLife after COVID-19: Explore the changes that might not go away!
Why are people, media, some church leaders and governments behaving like COVID-19 is the worst the world has ever had? Why are people making false prophecies based on it as if it is the ultimate definition of end times? Listen, compared to the past, COVID-19 is just another shortcoming! READ THIS TOO: 10 health crises [...]read moreHumans & Pandemics: Is COVID-19 Pandemic the worst the world has ever seen?
During my medical training in first aid and emergency, I was clearly instructed to always pay attention to ‘silent victims’. ‘In most cases’, the doctor had remarked, ‘silent victims have been hurt so much that they are unable to express their pain or simply their brain power is too overwhelmed to make any words or [...]read moreGender-based violence: Talk about Men, the Silent Victims!
Besides nurses being few in any healthcare system around the world, men are significantly scarce in that profession and, surprisingly, this is so around the whole world! Do you believe this? Well, look around yourself; how many male nurses do you know? Of course, you know some but, surely, compared to the number of female [...]read moreNightingale on Male Nurses: Men aren’t fit for Nursing!
Introduction Uganda government (Ministry of Health) in partnership with World Health Organization, Global Alliance for Vaccines, and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have recently launched a massive immunization campaign against Measles, Rubella and Polio. According to the Ministry of Health and UNICEF, in Uganda, there has been Measles and Rubella outbreak since 2016 with more [...]read moreMeasles-Rubella Vaccine: Is it Safe? Explore the Evidence!
Introduction Well, if you didn’t know, soon you shall be able to look sexy in a lingerie for your man while at the same time providing yourself a contraception using one of the newest women’s panty condom! Manufactured by Innova Quality (a Colombian company), this knicker-like condom is an ‘underwear, thong (cotton or nylon) with [...]read moreCould the New Panty G-string-like Female Condom Save us?
Have you ever nursed a patient who is more irritating, nagging, and troublesome than actually his disease is? I mean, have you ever come across a patient who is difficult to take care of? Oh I see; maybe you haven’t but your fellow nurse might have. And so you wonder! As a nurse, what tips [...]read moreExperience: Here is How You Should Handle a Difficult Patient!
