Richard Musaazi
About Richard Musaazi
I am a District Medical Officer in charge of a health district in rural Jamaica.My work entails running an out patient clinic, training of Community Health Aids, Family Nurse Practitioners and final year medical students. I also monitor the implementation of government primary health care policies at the grassroots.
I have also worked in Nigeria, where I did voluntary work for an NGO called Pro Health Care Nigeria, the work entailed giving free medical services to patients in rural Nigeria
Role(s) / Profession(s)
- Physician
Organization
- St James Health Department
Work Location(s)
- Uganda
Population(s) Served
Language(s)
- English
Richard's Communities
Recent Contributions
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Richard Musaazi replied to "Debating HIV prevention" in the [ARCHIVED] HIV Prevention community.
Building on what I said before about ARV's, in the urban areas some people now regard AIDS as a chronic disease like diabetes not a terminal illness, so clearly the fear factor is gone
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Richard Musaazi replied to "Debating HIV prevention" in the [ARCHIVED] HIV Prevention community.
Hi Maria,Daniel The Washington Post article was spot on. In the early and late 90's everyone was terrified cause so many people were dying. There were also so many public awareness campaigns, t.v ads,plays, with that much fear going around many people changed their behavior. Unfortunately since the next generation ...
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Richard Musaazi started a discussion "CIRCUMCISION FOR HIV PREVENTION". in the [ARCHIVED] HIV Prevention community.
Can anyone tell me why circumcision is not emphasized as a means of HIV prevention? Especially countries like South Africa
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Richard Musaazi replied to "Debating HIV prevention" in the [ARCHIVED] HIV Prevention community.
Behavior change is very important in reducing HIV prevelance. In Uganda behavior change is credited for the significant decline in HIV infection since the early 1990's. The reason we were able to do was the massive campaigns undertaken by the government to enlighten people and encourage people to change their ...
Recent Recommendations
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