Teenage pregnancy is pregnancy which occurs to a woman or rather girl who is under the age of 20. According to the Ministry of Health, 25% of Ugandan teenagers become pregnant by the age of 19. In Uganda, the factors leading to teenage pregnancy are multi faceted and these include social, individual and economic...
As Uganda and the world at large struggles with the fallout of the COVID-19 global pandemic, more serious consequences have emerged on some of the most vulnerable populations. The authorUnfortunately, adolescent girls have been among the most adversely affected and for some, life has become downright dangerous. In Uganda, over 15 million learners were sent home...
Being mentally sound is everyone’s dream whether young or elderly as long as they understand what it is not to be mentally un-sound. To better understand this, we will draw a distinction between mental health and mental illness.Broadly speaking, mental health is the state of well- being in which an individual realises his or her...
A youth is anyone between the age of one year to 30 years of age according to the ugandan constitution. 78% of the ugandan population is under 30 years with at least 8 million people between the age of 15 -30 years. Making Uganda the youngest population in the world.The author in a civic awareness...
. (Photo by Isaac Kasamani / AFP) (Photo credit should read ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP via Getty Images)We live at a time when democracy is under attack, Global populism has best played in the USA where we’ve seen the rise and fall of Trump. The country Uganda has not...
Today, as we commemorate World AIDS Day, I would like to draw your attention to the importance of addressing young people’s needs in the fight against AIDS. Around the world, young people ages 15-25 account for more than 30% of the new HIV infections.Despite these startling statistics, youth are often a neglected group for HIV/AIDS...
With a little more weeks to go to the presidential elections, stress and mental anxiety surrounding Uganda politics accelerates every day. This election period exposes a large number of Ugandans across all ages and gender to significant stress in their lives, anxiety and depression and this is because mental health affects how we think, feel...
Few people would candidly admit fearing ghosts to the point of feeling uncomfortable if left home alone late at night. In fact, fears of the supernatural have only occasionally been a focus of attention in the clinical literature. This write, is to speak to these brave and help seeking cases and perhaps energize through this...
