Men Involvement in Prevention of Cervical Cancer: An Impactful, Cost-less Intervention
Cervical cancer is a significant public health issue globally. In 2018, World Health Organization (WHO) estimated 570,000 new cases and 311,000 deaths. Low and middle-income nations have a disproportionately high cervical cancer burden. In Africa, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women, with an estimated 119,000 new cases and 72,000 deaths each
- Published in HIV/Aids, HIVPrevention, MaleInvolvement, PromotingHealth4Generations
Purpose Health Care Africa enters into partnership to strengthen Non-communicable diseases (NCDs prevention, treatment and management.
Purpose Health Care Africa (PuHeCA) and the Uganda Non-communicable diseases alliance (UNCDA) have signed a Cooperation agreement to strengthen efforts in prevention, treatment and management. UNCDA is the lead Civil Society Organization (CSO) and partner of Ministry of Health (MoH) in the fight against NCDs in Uganda. UNCDA is an Alliance of 3 member organizations:
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JOB ADVERT
Organization: Purpose Health Care Africa Job Title: Administrative Assistant Location: Kampala (Physical and remote) About Purpose Health Care Africa Established in 2018, Purpose Health Care Africa (PHCAfrica) is a youth founded and led non-government entity primarily focusing on health promotion, education and communication is championing community led interventions for sustainable impact on health and wellbeing
- Published in Careers
Employment Opportunity-Technical Grant Writer
Job Title: Technical Grant Writer Organization: Purpose Health Care Africa Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda Mode: Part time (largely remote) Duration: One (1) Year with six (6) Month Probation period (Subject to renewal upon satisfactory performance). Purpose Health Care Africa is looking for a well-dedicated Technical Grant Writer of any sex and gender , aged 20-42
- Published in Careers, Job opportunity
COvid19 vaccination, a redeemer from the horrific memories.
By Bahikire Daraus Rewinding the memories of ambulance sirens during the peaks of Covid19 makes me feel dizzy .It is deceitful to think that Covid19 is a gone case. In the weekly media briefing on Covid19 held on March 2022, Dr. Ahmed Ogwal, Director at Africa CDC communicated that since the declaration of the pandemic,
- Published in Covid-19, Vaccination
Purpose Health Care Africa supports Mobilisation for Covid19 vaccination
Our Executive Director,Mr.Daraus Bahikire is supporting the Africa Union Bingwa Initiative ,under the Africa CDC program in Uganda to mobilize masses especially the young people for vaccination against Covid19 In the picture below, Mr.Daraus Bahikire with other Bingwas met with the area VHT, Mr Clever Peter Kibirige where they engaged the Kiyaga LCI chairman in
- Published in Covid-19, Vaccination
How Uganda’s health sector has been liberated overtime
Like it or not, Uganda’s health sector is better than before! Annually , 26th of January is the liberation day , an opportunity to appreciate our past political ,and socio economic history .To me this is not just a mere commemoration time for institutional evaluation pivotal in reinforcing government performance . Let’s gaze at the
- Published in National
Proper sanitation, hygiene, clean and safe water as strategic complements to vaccination against polio.
By: Bahikire Daraus While Uganda and the African continent were celebrating the eradication of polio as declared by WHO’s Independent Africa Regional Certification Commission for Polio Eradication, another variant of the polio virus that occurs in under immunized communities with poor sanitation is spreading across parts of Asia and Africa. 31 African countries including Uganda
- Published in Vaccination
Vaccination of children as a parental responsibility
According to the Global Health Consortium, (2012), vaccine-preventable diseases are responsible for nearly 20% of the 8.8 million deaths per year among children. As of 2012, Uganda had one of the largest populations of unimmunized children in Eastern and Southern Africa. Out of the 19 countries in the region, Uganda came in at 18 (second
- Published in Child Health