Mariam Najjuko, a resident of Kizito zone in Luwero town council, says that she has attended two awareness campaigns for cervical cancer screening but she is yet to go for it.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Nahamya, the Commander of 19th Battalion in Kabale district says admitted that cancer has claimed several UPDF soldiers resulting from smoking and alcoholism.
Residents have been trekking for more than 20 kilometers to access treatment at Seeta Naziggo health center 3. According to Muyanja, the health center, which has taken a whole to build, cost him Shillings 55million.
The Uganda Cancer Institute says only one out of three Ugandans have ever tested for breast cancer yet around 500,000 people are living with cancer in Uganda without knowing it.
Women have shunned the ongoing free cancer screening exercise in Luweero ahead of the national safe motherhood day that will be marked on October 17th in the district.
