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Dear Counselor, my parents always tell me to resist peer pressure. What is peer pressure and is peer pressure always bad?

Posted in Peer Pressure, Relationships on 16th Oct, 2009 with 0 Responses

Tweet The phrase “Peer Pressure” comes from two words; peer and pressure. A peer is someone in your own age group or social group like a classmate or schoolmate. Pressure [...]

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Dear Counselor, why do some girls get pains during their periods?

Posted in Menstruation on 9th Oct, 2009 with 0 Responses

Tweet While some girls go through their periods with no or very little pain, others experience painful periods often accompanied by fatigue and even dizziness. This pain is usually felt [...]

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Dear Counselor, what is the difference between lust and love?

Posted in Relationships on 8th Oct, 2009 with 0 Responses

Tweet Lust is a strong sexual desire or a strong sexual attraction towards someone usually based on physical appearance and looks. It is lust if even before you know someone’s [...]

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Dear Counselor, what is a healthy relationship?

Posted in Relationships on 7th Oct, 2009 with 0 Responses

Tweet As a person, you will have relationships with a lot of people including your parents, friends and classmates. These relationships are not necessarily intimate relationships. A healthy relationship is [...]

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Dear Counselor, can a person have a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) and not know it?

Posted in Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) on 22nd Aug, 2009 with 0 Responses

Tweet Yes.  Some Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) do not present any signs and symptoms especially among women. Chlamydia is one of the most common treatable STIs but about three-quarters of [...]

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Dear Counselor, what is the difference between sex and gender?

Posted in Gender on 14th Jun, 2009 with 0 Responses

Tweet Sex = male and female Gender = masculine and feminine Sex describes the biological differences between man and women. Only females have organs and hormones in their bodies that [...]

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Dear Counselor, what problems are caused by masturbation?

Posted in Relationships, Sex on 7th Jun, 2009 with 0 Responses

Tweet Masturbation is when one stimulates one’s genital organs for sexual pleasure. Most people masturbate until they have an orgasm. Masturbation is one of the safer sex practices as it [...]

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Dear Counselor, I am a girl in a boarding section. I have small wounds on my private parts. I tried to tell my friends but they just laughed and told me I have AIDS. Is it true?

Posted in HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) on 7th Jun, 2009 with 2 Responses

Tweet Having small wounds on your private parts does not necessarily mean you have HIV/AIDS. The only way you can know whether you have HIV/AIDS is through taking an HIV [...]

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Dear Counselor, What are STIs? How do they spread and what are the common symptoms of STIs?

Posted in HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) on 7th Jun, 2009 with 2 Responses

Tweet STIs stands for Sexually Transmitted Infections. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are passed from one person to another primarily through sexual contact by body fluids (semen, vaginal fluid and blood). [...]

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Dear Counselor, I am a student in one of the secondary schools in Kampala. Our WSWM teacher advised as to go for VCT for HIV. What is VCT? Where in Kampala can one go for VCT? What are the benefits of going for VCT?

Posted in HIV/AIDS on 6th Jun, 2009 with 0 Responses

Tweet VCT  for HIV is  Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV. VCT involves a person on his or her own deciding to go for an HIV test to know whether [...]

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