By Sophan Niwamanya
apearlnews.com
Kabale Rotary Club, in collaboration with Kabale University School of Medicine and Kabale Regional Hospital, has launched a cancer screening training program for all health workers in the Kabale region on Saturday.
The launch was held today at Kabale school of Medicine hostel KABSOM in Makanga Cell, the central division of Kabale municipality.
While presiding over the launch, the Rotary Club District Governor, Peace Taremwa, said the aim of the training is to equip health workers from Kabale, Rubanda, and Rukiga districts with the knowledge, skills, and tools to screen women for cervical cancer.
He added that the club has come up with a proposal to buy 300 village ambulances this coming Rotary financial year, but only if the government agrees to pay associated taxes and maintenance.
Speaking at the same function, the dean of the school for Kabale University School of Medicine, Godwin Turyasingura, thanked Rotary Club Kabale for its support and called upon more volunteers to join and support this noble cause.
According to Alfred Besigensi, the acting Kabale district health officer, over 600,000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer in Uganda in 2020, with over 300,000 dying.
He added that this means there are many women who have cervical cancer, but unfortunately, few go for screening. Besigensi added that, therefore, it is upon the health worker that has received the training to take it upon him or herself to screen every woman that enters the premises of the health facility.
The University Bursar Gad Twesigye, who represented the vice-chancellor Kabale University, revealed that the Vice-chancellor was very excited about the imitative and commended the dean of the school of medicine for the work done and welcomed members to the launch of the training.
Twesigye, who is also a Rotarian from the Rotary Club of Bushenyi, commended Rotary International for supporting activities aimed at eliminating cancer in the communities, expressing excitement about the work, and asking the trainees to take the training seriously which will improve their capacity to work effectively back at their respective stations.
Twesigye also urged the staff in the school of medicine to continue writing proposals, which he said would help in transforming communities.
At least two midwives from 31 health centers in the districts of Rubanda, Rukiga, and Kabale will be trained, as well as guest trainees from Tororo district,
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