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
The Malaria vaccine, a game-changer in the fight against malaria in Uganda
A child dies from malaria nearly every minute. This staggering reality underscores the ongoing global health crisis posed by malaria, particularly in Africa. The 2024 World Malaria Report paints a grim picture: there were 263 million malaria cases globally in 2023, up from 252 million in 2022. Malaria-related deaths stood at 597,000 in 2023, with
- Published in Malaria Vaccination, Malrai
2024 :Embarking on the Climate X health project
GCC-PHCA PROJECT IN BWAISE SLUM,Kampala City On the September 15, 2024.we embarked on the new project Strengthening Capacity of Village Health Teams (VHTs) to Promote Prevention of Waterborne Diseases in Bwaise 1 Slum, Kampala City. The 18-month project implemented with funding from the Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) aims to enhance resilience and adaptation of slums
- Published in #2024 #Projects
CALL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANCY: DEVELOPMENT, REVIEW, TRANSLATION AND PRINTING OF INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION (IEC) MATERIALS
Consultancy opportunity Purpose Health Care Africa (PHCA), with support from Grand Challenges Canada invites qualified individual consultants to support the development of branded Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) materials for the project titled: “Strengthening the Capacity of Village Health Teams (VHTs) to promote the Prevention of Waterborne Diseases in the Slums of Kampala City, Central
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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
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