Health talk
Jan 18, 2005
<b>DDT won’t cause impotence</b><br>MUKONO – The use of DDT for the control and prevention of malaria will not cause impotence and infertility.
DDT won’t cause impotence
MUKONO – The use of DDT for the control and prevention of malaria will not cause impotence and infertility, a senior health official has said. Dr JB Rwakimari, the National malaria control programme manager in the health ministry, also said DDT use would not intoxicate crops. “DDT was used in Kanungu, Kigezi and Kabaale between 1959-1963. Malaria was kicked out and residents are producing children normally. “As for the crops, I don’t think they will be intoxicated since there will be indoor spray and unless some people grow their crops in bedrooms, that’s when they will be affected,†said Rwakimari. He said this at a malaria and DDT workshop in the district.
Islanders short of drugs
MUKONO – Residents of Luweero Island in the district have urged the district health department to assist in improving their health conditions by providing them with more drugs. The Islanders say they don’t have drugs yet they suffer from diseases ranging from malaria and diahorrea, among others, caused by unhygienic conditions. The appel was in a report read by their chairperson, Godfrey Basagwa, during a visit to the island by the LC5 chairperman, Damulira Kyeyune on Saturday. “We would like the district health department to avail us with drugs since they are scarce in the area yet many diseases affect us,†Basagwa said.
Chewing gum kills man
Taipei – A Taiwan man died on Wednesday after choking on chewing gum, according to Taiwan radio. The 44-year-old man suffered from facial nerve damage due to a fire incident and had been chewing gum on doctors advice as rehabilitation for his facial muscle, Broadcasting Corp of China (BCC) reported. On Wednesday, he choked on chewing gum when the gum stuck in his throat. By the time his family members rushed him to hospital, he was already dead. Doctors warn that elder people and children, those who have suffered from stroke or have difficulty swallowing should refrain from chewing chewing gum. If they do, they must be very careful, BCC said.
No condoms for children
WAKISO – Parents should not pack condoms for their children, while sending them back to school, the district Woman MP, Rosemary Sseninde, has said. Sseninde said packing condoms perpetuates the spread of HIV/AIDS among school-going youths because they induce the children into sexual activities. “When you give your children condoms, while going back to school, you are forcing them into sex! Later on, they get used and indulge in unprotected sex hence acquiring HIV,†she said. Sseninde said this recently at Maganjo New Year’s local council meeting. She called for abstinence until marriage for youths and faithfulness amongst married partners if the struggle against the scourge is to succeed.
The MP asked parents to instill morals into their children adding that, “formal education is not bad, but should go side by side with moral discipline.â€
Smoking law takes root
MBARARA – National environmental management authority (NEMA) has distributed copies of anti-smoking by-laws to the owners of public places ordering them to designate particular smoking units. This is an implementation of a ban on public smoking, which environment minister Col Kahinda Otafire put in place in March last year. The western regional NEMA officer, Jeconious Musingwire, said the district directorate of natural resources, has given owners of public places four weeks to demarcate smoking zones. He added: According to section 4 of the national environment (control of smoking in public places) regulations 2004, your facility/premise is a place, in which smoking is prohibited as part One of the schedule of the above mentioned law.†Musingwire
identified public places as discotheques, lodges, bars, restaurants, among others.
MUKONO – The use of DDT for the control and prevention of malaria will not cause impotence and infertility, a senior health official has said. Dr JB Rwakimari, the National malaria control programme manager in the health ministry, also said DDT use would not intoxicate crops. “DDT was used in Kanungu, Kigezi and Kabaale between 1959-1963. Malaria was kicked out and residents are producing children normally. “As for the crops, I don’t think they will be intoxicated since there will be indoor spray and unless some people grow their crops in bedrooms, that’s when they will be affected,†said Rwakimari. He said this at a malaria and DDT workshop in the district.
Islanders short of drugs
MUKONO – Residents of Luweero Island in the district have urged the district health department to assist in improving their health conditions by providing them with more drugs. The Islanders say they don’t have drugs yet they suffer from diseases ranging from malaria and diahorrea, among others, caused by unhygienic conditions. The appel was in a report read by their chairperson, Godfrey Basagwa, during a visit to the island by the LC5 chairperman, Damulira Kyeyune on Saturday. “We would like the district health department to avail us with drugs since they are scarce in the area yet many diseases affect us,†Basagwa said.
Chewing gum kills man
Taipei – A Taiwan man died on Wednesday after choking on chewing gum, according to Taiwan radio. The 44-year-old man suffered from facial nerve damage due to a fire incident and had been chewing gum on doctors advice as rehabilitation for his facial muscle, Broadcasting Corp of China (BCC) reported. On Wednesday, he choked on chewing gum when the gum stuck in his throat. By the time his family members rushed him to hospital, he was already dead. Doctors warn that elder people and children, those who have suffered from stroke or have difficulty swallowing should refrain from chewing chewing gum. If they do, they must be very careful, BCC said.
No condoms for children
WAKISO – Parents should not pack condoms for their children, while sending them back to school, the district Woman MP, Rosemary Sseninde, has said. Sseninde said packing condoms perpetuates the spread of HIV/AIDS among school-going youths because they induce the children into sexual activities. “When you give your children condoms, while going back to school, you are forcing them into sex! Later on, they get used and indulge in unprotected sex hence acquiring HIV,†she said. Sseninde said this recently at Maganjo New Year’s local council meeting. She called for abstinence until marriage for youths and faithfulness amongst married partners if the struggle against the scourge is to succeed.
The MP asked parents to instill morals into their children adding that, “formal education is not bad, but should go side by side with moral discipline.â€
Smoking law takes root
MBARARA – National environmental management authority (NEMA) has distributed copies of anti-smoking by-laws to the owners of public places ordering them to designate particular smoking units. This is an implementation of a ban on public smoking, which environment minister Col Kahinda Otafire put in place in March last year. The western regional NEMA officer, Jeconious Musingwire, said the district directorate of natural resources, has given owners of public places four weeks to demarcate smoking zones. He added: According to section 4 of the national environment (control of smoking in public places) regulations 2004, your facility/premise is a place, in which smoking is prohibited as part One of the schedule of the above mentioned law.†Musingwire
identified public places as discotheques, lodges, bars, restaurants, among others.