Health Briefs
Mar 09, 2008
OVER 70 physically handicapped children from Kireka Home for Children with Special Educational needs have received free dental treatment. The Rotary Club of Kampala North and a team of five doctors from Makerere Medical School, department of dentistry provided the services. Dr Isaac Okullo, the head
Rotary treats dental ailments
OVER 70 physically handicapped children from Kireka Home for Children with Special Educational needs have received free dental treatment. The Rotary Club of Kampala North and a team of five doctors from Makerere Medical School, department of dentistry provided the services. Dr Isaac Okullo, the head of the team, said they routinely provide free services to the less privileged communities.
He says dental hygiene is important because it can lead to malnutrition in children. If the mouth is sick, they do not eat well. This will lead to malnutrition. “We have always provided services to this school because these children lack people who can provide such services,†he said.
Sylvia Namagembe, a teacher at the school, said some children have lived with tooth achesfor almost a year.
Women of faith against HIV
Women from different religious groups have come together to fight HIV/AIDS through sensitisation and awareness on gender-based violence which accelerates the scourge.
The African Women of Faith Network — Uganda Chapter with members from the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, Islam, Adventists, Orthodox and the Jewish community was launched recently by the Nabagereka of Buganda, Sylvia Nagginda, at Colline Hotel.
“The introduction of the National Women of Faith Network in Africa gives me hope that women are on the right track in stopping gender-based violence and the spread of HIV/AIDS. As mothers we should educate young girls on consequences of relationships that could cost them their lives,†she said.
Swimming eases pain
Swimming can significantly ease the debilitating pain of fibromyalgia, an ailment with no cure, researchers said recently. The condition mainly strikes women and causes severe pain and tenderness in muscles, ligaments and tendons.
In their study of 33 women, the researchers had one group exercise in warm water for more than an hour three times a week for eight months.
The women said the workouts eased their pain and reported an improved quality of life, said Narcis Gusi at the University of Extremadura in Spain and Pablo Tomas-Carus of the University of Evora in Portugal, who conducted the study.
OVER 70 physically handicapped children from Kireka Home for Children with Special Educational needs have received free dental treatment. The Rotary Club of Kampala North and a team of five doctors from Makerere Medical School, department of dentistry provided the services. Dr Isaac Okullo, the head of the team, said they routinely provide free services to the less privileged communities.
He says dental hygiene is important because it can lead to malnutrition in children. If the mouth is sick, they do not eat well. This will lead to malnutrition. “We have always provided services to this school because these children lack people who can provide such services,†he said.
Sylvia Namagembe, a teacher at the school, said some children have lived with tooth achesfor almost a year.
Women of faith against HIV
Women from different religious groups have come together to fight HIV/AIDS through sensitisation and awareness on gender-based violence which accelerates the scourge.
The African Women of Faith Network — Uganda Chapter with members from the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, Islam, Adventists, Orthodox and the Jewish community was launched recently by the Nabagereka of Buganda, Sylvia Nagginda, at Colline Hotel.
“The introduction of the National Women of Faith Network in Africa gives me hope that women are on the right track in stopping gender-based violence and the spread of HIV/AIDS. As mothers we should educate young girls on consequences of relationships that could cost them their lives,†she said.
Swimming eases pain
Swimming can significantly ease the debilitating pain of fibromyalgia, an ailment with no cure, researchers said recently. The condition mainly strikes women and causes severe pain and tenderness in muscles, ligaments and tendons.
In their study of 33 women, the researchers had one group exercise in warm water for more than an hour three times a week for eight months.
The women said the workouts eased their pain and reported an improved quality of life, said Narcis Gusi at the University of Extremadura in Spain and Pablo Tomas-Carus of the University of Evora in Portugal, who conducted the study.