On Saturday July 5th, whilst some of us were at the Bookle wedding in London, Dr Aine, Deborah, Agnes and others in the team were conducting an HIV-AIDS outreach into Namuwongo.
The outreach was done on the playing field area below the hospital – the big flat area which borders the slum. A very successful day – we didn’t have the ‘big bang’ of the Good Life show (launch day June 14th) but still had a really good turnout. By happy accident there was a football match going on close to where our tents were, which may help explain the high male turnout!
Total attendance 250 (Males 177, Females 73)
Total health education 199 (M 155, F 44)
Total VCT 193 M 145, F 48
20 people tested positive, of which 16 were reffered to the clinic for further testing and treatment
In addition the team provided other treatments to 41 patients, distributed 9,600 condoms and 250 information leaflets.
In the first of the photos below Agnes guards the condoms and if you look carefully you can see International Hospital Kampala in the background.
