Dicta Asiimwe

Dicta Asiimwe is a freelance journalist based in Uganda, whose byline has appeared in several publications including The Independent Magazine, The EastAfrican Newspaper and Daily Monitor, where she briefly edited the weekend magazines. She has won awards for her work reporting on infrastructure, politics, education, health and disaster risk reduction.

Twitter: @AsiimweDicta

Shame, myths and needlephobia leave Ugandan women at high risk of preventable cancer

Cervical cancer is vaccine-preventable in 95% of cases. It also remains Uganda’s single most common cancer, affecting three times as many women and girls there than on global average. VaccinesWork finds out why.

7 Mar 2023

8 min read