• EDITORIAL POLICY
  • ABOUT US
PML Daily
  • Home
  • NEWS
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Regional
    • Africa
    • World
  • INVESTIGATIONS
    • National Archives
    • Special Reports
  • OpEd
  • BUSINESS
    • Agriculture
    • Tech
    • Finance
  • FEATURES
    • Health
    • Tours & Travel
    • Entertainment
    • Society
  • COLUMNISTS
    • The Suited Penguin
  • SPORT
  • Jobs
  • Magazines
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • NEWS
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Regional
    • Africa
    • World
  • INVESTIGATIONS
    • National Archives
    • Special Reports
  • OpEd
  • BUSINESS
    • Agriculture
    • Tech
    • Finance
  • FEATURES
    • Health
    • Tours & Travel
    • Entertainment
    • Society
  • COLUMNISTS
    • The Suited Penguin
  • SPORT
  • Jobs
  • Magazines
No Result
View All Result
PML Daily
No Result
View All Result
Home NEWS

Makerere University students get free condoms, emergency pills

JAVIRA SSEBWAMI | PML Daily Staff Writer by JAVIRA SSEBWAMI | PML Daily Staff Writer
February 11, 2018
in NEWS
21
VIEWS
FacebookWhatsAppTwitter

As the world celebrated international condoms day yesterday (Saturday), students at Makerere University received free condoms and cervix screening from various  Non-Governmental.

The NGOs, including Public Health Ambassadors Uganda – PHAU, Uganda Cares, Marie Stopes, International and Aids healthcare foundation ? AHF organised a free service delivery event at the university, where they also sold the Marie Stopes Uganda Back Up emergency pill at only Shs1500 at Lumumba and Mary Stuart Halls of residences.

The free cervix cancer screening was done at Africa Hall.

Mr Patrick Segawa, the team leader of PHAU explained that the more young people embrace condom use, the greater the impact it has on reduction of the spread of HIV/Aids and other sexual diseases.

“Condoms provide triple protection from HIV/Aids, STIs and pregnancy which in most cases are what youths are trying to avoid”,? he said.

Mr Segawa encouraged young people to be bold enough to negotiate for safe sex especially in this valentine season.

Nangozi Rachael a second year student of Medicine and Surgery at Makerere argued that it is very important for students, especially the males to be provided with free contraception in order to enable them practice safe sex since they are more sexually active.

“Girls should also be encouraged to carry the male condom so that if need arises, she can have it to have safe sex,? she said.

She added that this could reduce on the number of those infected daily.

Towards the end of 2017, the State minister of Health, Dr Sarah Opendi Achieng, refused to launch a National Health Policy that had been drafted by the United Nations Population Fund.

This was during the two day Family Planning conference that took place at Serena Hotel in Kampala.

However, a section in this policy provided that the government of Uganda should distribute condoms and other contraception to all 13 year olds as this had been proven an age of sexual activity.

The policy was intended to provide controlled means of preventing the spread of HIV/Aids, sexually transmitted diseases and early unwanted pregnancies which were constantly the ultimate reason for the increased school dropouts as per the Uganda Bureau of Statistics – UBOS of 2017.

The minister backed by a section of Members of Parliament argued that the introduction of these contraceptives was only going to deteriorate the morals of the young people in the country and give them free tickets to have sex at tender ages.

They also emphasized the health hazards that come with some of the contraception methods such as fibroids, barrenness and even continued menstrual flow, hence rejected to endorse a move which was being pushed for by some stakeholders in the health system and NGOs.

Comments

Tags: condomsmakerere
Previous Post

Fathers should make friends with their daughters, says Gulu Woman MP

Next Post

More details emerge on death of two foreigners in Kampala hotels

Related Posts

Prof. Mary Okwakol, Prof. Paul Mugambi, Rev. Can. Dr. John Senyonyi, Dr. Umar Kakumba and Mr. Alfred Masikye Namoah at the Q4 UVCF at  Makerere Univeristy, Kampala Uganda. (PHOTO/PML Daily)
Education

Makerere hosts final 2019 Uganda Vice Chancellors’ Forum

December 12, 2019
30
Education

Makerere to double scholarships for female students

December 12, 2019
24
Nawangwe appeared before the Rules Committee (PHOTO/PML Daily)
NEWS

Zaake said he shall make sure that there are more strikes during my reign! Nawangwe testifies against youthful MP

December 3, 2019
110
85th Guild President, Julius Kateregga thanked GMD for the fight against sexual harassment at the Inter-University Dialogue on Sexual Harassment (PHOTO/PML Daily)
Education

Makerere hosts inter-university dialogue on sexual harassment

December 2, 2019
422
Ugandans in Toronto Canada have promised Bobi Wine to take on Museveni in the next polls (PHOTO/Courtesy).
NEWS

There is a political tradition that Bobi Wine has broken — Makerere renown history don

November 30, 2019
1.9k
Members of the VepoX Filter team that emerged Second in the ClimateLaunchpad-Uganda edition of the competitions held on 26th September 2019 in Kampala. VepoX Filter represented Uganda and Makerere University at Regional and Global Finals that took place in Nairobi and Amsterdam Netherlands respectively (PHOTO/FilterVepo).
Education

Makerere CEDAT students win UGX.300m Climate Change grant

November 28, 2019
92
Next Post

More details emerge on death of two foreigners in Kampala hotels

local

local

energyandminerals

About

The PML Daily, published via www.pmldaily.com is a publication of Post Media Ltd, a professional Digital/New Media company in Uganda.

Follow us

Facebook Twitter Youtube RSS

KIU

  • EDITORIAL POLICY
  • ABOUT US

© 2019 PMLDAILY.COM

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • NEWS
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Regional
    • Africa
    • World
  • INVESTIGATIONS
    • National Archives
    • Special Reports
  • OpEd
  • BUSINESS
    • Agriculture
    • Tech
    • Finance
  • FEATURES
    • Health
    • Tours & Travel
    • Entertainment
    • Society
  • COLUMNISTS
    • The Suited Penguin
  • SPORT
  • Jobs
  • Magazines

© 2019 PMLDAILY.COM