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Affordability, Rationing and Aid

Posted in Business of Health Care, Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, Primary Healthcare, tagged , , , , , , on February 5, 2012 |

Over the last few weeks I’ve been reviewing the cost and affordability of our Community Based healthcare services, which are often given free or at a heavily subsidised, low cost to the patient. During this review, it has become obvious that if we want these programmes to be sustainable then we will have to ration [...]

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IMF Working with Kasese Cobalt Company Limited: Update

Posted in KCCL and HIPS - Kasese, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 28, 2012 |

Thanks to Carolyne for this update: International Medical Foundation has been working with Kasese Cobalt Company Limited since October 2006 to provide basic health services to the poor living in three communities close to the KCCL facility in Kasese, West Uganda; Muhokya, Kahendero and Hamukungu. This programme has been supported by Health Initiatives For The [...]

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Building the Maternity Theatre in Lira: Week 13

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, tagged on January 21, 2012 |

It’s Week 13 and the team is making good progress. The TB Lab now has its roof on and work has started on the internal structure.   The Theatre Block is taking shape, the internal layout is now very evident and the walls are ready for the windows.     The full picture set can [...]

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The End of the Beginning

Posted in Business of Health Care, Dr. Ian Clarke, International Medical Foundation, International Medical Group, tagged on January 14, 2012 |

A good friend of mine, Dr. Nick Wooding, often tells me that we often over-estimate what we might achieve in just 2 years but under-estimate what we can achieve in 5. About 3 years ago I sat with another good friend, Dr. Ian Clarke, and we talked about the 5 year plan that we had [...]

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Suubi Trust Annual Returns

Posted in Cancer Care, Charis - IMC Lira, Fund Raising, Hope Ward, International Medical Foundation, Touch Namuwongo, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Since it was registered on July 2nd 2007, Suubi Trust has raised just over £200,000 to help support the work of International Medical Foundation, an NGO providing healthcare services to the financially disadvantaged in Uganda. Our key focus at this time is raising funds to build a maternity theatre at Charis Health Centre in Lira, [...]

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Jackie and Gary Raise Funds for Charis Theatre

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, Fund Raising, tagged , , on November 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I’ve been a bit slow in posting this one, sorry. Jackie and Gary are nurses working with Dr. Richard in the UK. They recently got married and instead of presents, asked their friends to give donations to Suubi Trust for the theatre build at Charis in Lira. They raised over 4 million shillings (about £1,000). [...]

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Sean’s Movember

Posted in Cancer Care, Fund Raising, International Medical Foundation, tagged , , , on November 14, 2011 |

Sean writes: We’re raising money for Hope Ward Cancer Care, the charity ward of International Hospital Kampala. I’m growing a moustache, you’re donating money. Hopefully. You can donate online by clicking here.

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Target TB Partners’ Newsletter

Posted in TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Touch Namuwongo, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 14, 2011 |

The Autumn issue has the following piece noting the BMJ award for International Medical Group. The newsletter can be downloaded by clicking here.

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Poor Housing Increases TB Infection

Posted in TB Diagnostics and Treatment, tagged , , , , , on November 14, 2011 |

By Joe Nam, New Vision, published November 07th, 2011. A study carried out in Makindye Division in Kampala, Lira Municipality and Wobulenzi town council has established a co-relation between poor housing and prevalence of tuberculosis in urban centres. The research carried out by International Medical Foundation engaged 1,366 adults in 1,366 households. The majority of [...]

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The Fun Run

Posted in Fund Raising, Hope Ward, tagged , , , , on November 10, 2011 |

For the past few years MTN has sponsored a Hope Ward fun run that has been instrumental in raising funds for the ward. External sponsorship in the past has only met about half of the total annual costs of treating Hope Ward patients, the balance being met by International Hospital Kampala. The fun run usually [...]

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