BACKGROUND The World Health Organization recommends cervical cancer screening and vaccination programmes as measures to combat cervical cancer. The uptake of these measures remains low in Uganda, most especially in rural areas. An understanding of the factors that influence women's decision to attend screening, and willingness to have their daughters vaccinated against cervical cancer is essent...

Three community trials of the impact of STD treatment interventions on HIV incidence in rural populations have been completed or are in progress in Uganda and Tanzania. Investigators from these trials met for a joint technical workshop in Baltimore in May 1996. This report summarises the consensus of the workshop, with the aim of providing useful input to research on HIV intervention strategies...

Tetanus, which can be eliminated through an effective immunization programme, remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in Uganda with a high case fatality rate. This study was carried out in St Francis Hospital Buluba (SFHB) after observing that the hospital was registering an abnormally high number of tetanus patients. Its aim was to retrospectively establish the socio-demographi...

Sexual violence is a serious global health problem with short- and long-term physical, mental, reproductive adverse effects. This study aimed to determine the prevalence factors associated sexual among women of age in rural Uganda. was cross-sectional based on Uganda Demographic Health Survey (UDHS) 2016 data. UDHS data for 5259 aged 15–49 years were used this study. Multistage stratified sampl...