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UK Aid as a share of National Income

Posted in Hope Ward, Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, Yer Yotkom, Touch Namuwongo, Business of Health Care, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »

In the last few weeks there’s been a lot of discussion about UK overseas aid. (on Twitter #AidReview) DFID has just completed a thorough review of all the programmes that it supports and has announced some changes planned for the next few years. Essentially the UK Government is committed to sharing up to 0.7% of [...]

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Advent: Day 22 Charis – IMC (Lira)

Posted in Advent, Charis - IMC Lira, Yer Yotkom, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on December 22, 2010 | Comments Off

Over the last 3 years, I’ve had the great pleasure of watching our work in Lira grow and reach more and more of the people in that community with an ever-increasing range of services. Earlier this year we relocated to a facility owned by Charis, represented by Dr. Joel at the far left in the [...]

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Advent: Day 17 Primary Care

Posted in Sponsors, Fund Raising, Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, Yer Yotkom, Touch Namuwongo, Business of Health Care, Advent, tagged , , , , , on December 17, 2010 | Comments Off

International Medical Foundation (IMF) provides public health and primary care to the communities living around IHK and the up-country clinics (mentioned in Day 12). This includes for example: health education, family planning, reproductive health, HIV testing and treatment, immunizations and treatments for the common acute conditions such as malaria, respiratory infections and diarrhea. We operate [...]

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Charis IMC Lira, developing a MCH programme: part 5 of 5

Posted in Fund Raising, Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, Yer Yotkom, tagged , , on October 4, 2010 | Comments Off

By Clea Meynell: The IMG team has developed a draft plan of the proposed operating theatre (see below). There is ample space around the existing buildings on-site, and under the proposed plans the theatre would be easily accessible from the main facility building, leading straight onto the ward dedicated to post-operation patients and post-natal care. [...]

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Charis IMC Lira: part 4 of 5

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, Yer Yotkom, tagged , , , on October 2, 2010 | Comments Off

By Clea Meynell: IMG recognises that the success of this initiative wholly depends on a number of key partnerships and ongoing collaborations to leverage resources and support. These are as follows: Ongoing partnerships There are three ongoing collaborations which form the basis of this initiative. The first relates to the unique set-up which exists between [...]

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Charis IMC Lira: part 3 of 5

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, Yer Yotkom, tagged , , on October 1, 2010 | Comments Off

By: Clea Meynell The target population will be the communities surrounding Charis IMC. Initially the idea is to extend service provision to all residents within Ojwina and Central Divisions in Lira Municipality, thereby covering 62,100 (59%) of Lira Municipality residents. Charis IMC is located in Bar Ogole Parish of Ojwina Division. This document shows a [...]

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Charis IMC Lira: part 2 of 5

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, Yer Yotkom, tagged , , , , on September 30, 2010 | Comments Off

By: Clea Meynell Proposed approach Senior level staff at International Medical Group (IMG) are in the process of developing a model of healthcare that is closely aligned with the district level services, ensuring cross-sector collaboration and capacity building as well as clear coordination with government and NGO services currently on offer in the District. Central [...]

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Charis IMC Lira, Developing a Maternal-Child-Health Programme: part 1 of 5

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, Yer Yotkom, tagged , , on September 28, 2010 | Comments Off

By: Clea Meynell Background and context to the IMF initiative Charis International Medical Centre (IMC), one of the 9 IMG health centres around the country, is in the process of transformation from a quiet Health Centre (HC) III to a small community hospital (HCIV). The model being developed for this initiative involves an innovative approach [...]

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East African Business Week | Northern Uganda to get AIDS health care

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, Yer Yotkom, tagged , , , on August 18, 2010 | Comments Off

Yer Yotkom in the news: Northern Uganda to Get Aids Health Care provided by International Medical Group. East African Business Week | Northern Uganda to get AIDS health care.

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The Yer Yotkom Project

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, Yer Yotkom, tagged , , on July 15, 2010 | Comments Off

The Yer Yotkom Project ‘Choose Health’ In the midst of all the trauma in the last week we have had some really good news. Clea, one of our volunteers from the UK, working as part of the management team at International Medical Foundation, has just had news that we have been granted £270,391 to run [...]

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