Ugandan American Nurses Association

10/14/2022

07/16/2021

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An international student has been billed more than $120,000 after an emergency visit to the hospital for severe stomach pain spiralled into a three-week-long visit consisting of medical tests, procedures and recovery — from both surgery and COVID-19. Calvin Lugalambi describes the pain he felt on ...

02/18/2021

Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the principle that communication and expression through various media, including printed and electronic media, especially published materials, should be considered a right to be exercised freely.

11/19/2020

FREE SURGERY FOR HERNIA
This November at Global Surgical initiatives ,Kyabirwa, Jinja

11/18/2020

“A cornered animal is almost as dangerous as a wounded one.” it charges towards its perceived enemies. Human beings can do better than this. . " TRAGEDY IS NOT THE OPPRESSION AND CRUELTY BY THE BAD PEOPLE BUT SILENCE OVER THAT BY THE GOOD PEOPLE". Among other responsibilities of any good leader (pastors and other religious leaders) should be to speak out against police brutality in Uganda as well as educating the masses about abiding by the laws and peaceful protests. The silence of all the leaders in the midst of suffering speaks volumes. Please use your platforms to speak TRUTH to POWER. Let us learn to look at causes, responses, and reactions. Let us all campaign peacefully knowing there is a World Enemy COVID19 who has no regard and respect for political parties or opinions. This enemy will kill you regardless of your religious or political beliefs.

11/18/2020

Long-term health effects of exposure to riot control agents
Prolonged exposure, especially in an enclosed area, may lead to long-term effects such as eye problems including scarring, glaucoma, and cataracts, and may possibly cause breathing problems such as asthma.
If symptoms go away soon after a person is removed from exposure to riot control agents, long-term health effects are unlikely to occur.
How you can protect yourself, and what to do if you are exposed to riot control agents
Since inhalation is likely to be the primary route of exposure, leave the area where the riot control agents were released and get to fresh air. Quickly moving to an area where fresh air is available is highly effective in reducing exposure to riot control agents.
If the riot control agents were released outdoors, move away from the area where the agents were released. Avoid dense, low-lying clouds of riot control agent v***r.
Go to the highest ground possible, because riot control agents will form a dense v***r cloud that can travel close to the ground.
If the release of riot control agents was indoors, get out of the building.
If you are near a release of riot control agent, emergency coordinators may tell you to either evacuate the area or “shelter in place” inside a building to avoid being exposed to the chemical. For more information on evacuation during a chemical emergency, see “Facts About Evacuation”. For more information on sheltering in place during a chemical emergency, see “Facts About Sheltering in Place”.
If you think you may have been exposed to riot control agent, you should remove your clothing, rapidly wash your entire body with soap and water, and get medical care as quickly as possible.
Removing your clothing:
Quickly take off clothing that may have riot control agent on it. Any clothing that has to be pulled over the head should be cut off the body instead of pulled over the head.
If you are helping other people remove their clothing, try to avoid touching any contaminated areas, and remove the clothing as quickly as possible.
Washing yourself:
As quickly as possible, wash any riot control agent from your skin with large amounts of soap and water. Washing with soap and water will help protect people from any chemicals on their bodies.
If your eyes are burning or your vision is blurred, rinse your eyes with plain water for 10 to 15 minutes. If you wear contacts, remove them and put them with the contaminated clothing. Do not put the contacts back in your eyes (even if they are not disposable contacts). If you wear eyeglasses, wash them with soap and water. You can put your eyeglasses back on after you wash them. If you are wearing jewelry that you can wash with soap and water, you can wash it and put it back on. If it cannot be washed, it should be put with the contaminated clothing.
Disposing of your clothes:
After you have washed yourself, place your clothing inside a plastic bag. Avoid touching contaminated areas of the clothing. If you can’t avoid touching contaminated areas, or you aren’t sure where the contaminated areas are, wear rubber gloves, turn the bag inside out and use it to pick up the clothes (inverting the bag over the clothes when you have all the clothes picked up), or put the clothes in the bag using tongs, tool handles, sticks, or similar objects. Anything that touches the contaminated clothing should also be placed in the bag. If you wear contacts, put them in the plastic bag, too.
Seal the bag, and then seal that bag inside another plastic bag. Disposing of your clothing in this way will help protect you and other people from any chemicals that might be on your clothes.
When the local or state health department or emergency personnel arrive, tell them what you did with your clothes. The health department or emergency personnel will arrange for further disposal. Do not handle the plastic bags yourself.
For more information about cleaning your body and disposing of your clothes after a chemical release, see “Chemical Agents: Facts About Personal Cleaning and Disposal of Contaminated Clothing”.
Seek medical attention right away. Dial 911 and explain what has happened.
How exposure to riot control agents is treated
Treatment consists of helping the affected person get more oxygen in his or her blood and of stopping agent-caused chemical burns from getting worse. Medications that are used to treat asthma (such as bronchodilators and steroids) may also be used to help the person breathe.
Eye exposures are treated by rinsing the eyes with water until there is no evidence of riot control agents in the eyes.
No antidote exists for poisoning from riot control agents.
Burn injuries to the skin are treated with standard burn management techniques, including the use of medicated bandages.

09/11/2020

Although you have freedom of expression, you also have a duty to behave responsibly and to respect other people’s rights.

Public authorities may restrict this right if they can show that their action is lawful, necessary and proportionate in order to:

protect national security, territorial integrity (the borders of the state) or public safety
prevent disorder or crime
protect health or morals
protect the rights and reputations of other people
prevent the disclosure of information received in confidence
maintain the authority and impartiality of judges
An authority may be allowed to restrict your freedom of expression if, for example, you express views that encourage racial or religious hatred.

However, the relevant public authority must show that the restriction is ‘proportionate’, in other words that it is appropriate and no more than necessary to address the issue concerned.

06/24/2020

Refuge advocacy helps to transform policies and services that affect displaced and stateless people on a national, regional and global level. It should be a vital part of everyone. The governments, religious organization and individual should never look away from the task of preserving peace and the security of Refuges.
The work should focus on national political, economic and social structures to bring policies, practices and laws into compliance with international standards of protecting Refuges worldwide.
Lifeskills and family initiative Inc. will continue to advocate for refuges and asylees by working with our partners to help families resettle and assimilate properly.
Displacement is a Health issue and must be addressed .