Good health begins at home

Dr Patrick Tusiime, the Commissioner of Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control at the Ministry of Health, explains that CDs easily spread from one person to another or from one organism to another

Harriet Mayinja, a focal person boarder entry points training VHTs in Busia recently. (Photo by Agnes Kyotalengerire)

By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

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We generally have Communicable Diseases (CDs) and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are non-transmissible. They include diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, joint pain, arthritis, and

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Good health begins at home

Dr Patrick Tusiime, the Commissioner of Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control at the Ministry of Health, explains that CDs easily spread from one person to another or from one organism to another

Harriet Mayinja, a focal person boarder entry points training VHTs in Busia recently. (Photo by Agnes Kyotalengerire)

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