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Do a test with your partner and know their status.

Posted in International Medical Group, tagged , on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The following article by Dr. Ian Clarke was published by Sunday Vision.
THIS week we celebrated World AIDS day. Though celebration is hardly the right word for such an occasion, it was an opportunity to highlight the fact that AIDS is still with us and take stock of the progress which has been made in combating [...]

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IHK by Satellite

Posted in International Medical Group, tagged , on September 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A little bit geeky, but here are 3 satellite images of International Hospital Kampala taken over the last 9 years.
What was just an empty field now contains a 110 bed hospital, many out-patient departments, a large pharmacy and 3 labs, serving more than 75,000 patient visits each year and of course the university.
Well done Dr. [...]

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I’m not a Doctor BUT I can do numbers

Posted in Hope Ward, International Medical Group, Volunteers on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In an earlier posting I mentioned that for a hospital to operate well we need, in addition to Doctors and other Clinical staff, a wide range of non-clinical expertise.
Much of my time over the last few months, and indeed during my time over the last 2-3 years as a non-exec Director, has been spent reviewing [...]

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Touch Namuwongo

Posted in Fund Raising, International Medical Group, tagged on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

International Medical Foundation has been delivering an HIV/AIDs outreach programme to the people living in and around the hospital at Namuwongo, Kampala.

In the last year more than 4,750 people have received counselling and testing. Of those, 514 have tested positive; 43 are receiving Anti-Retroviral Therapy and 291 are being given other treatments and are continually [...]

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Interns and Volunteers Required.

Posted in International Medical Group, Volunteers on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

International Medical Group is the leading private provider of health care services in Uganda. There are three main divisions in the group and our model is similar to that of HMOs in the USA:
1. IAA Health Care provides Health Schemes to employers for their employees and families and also some personal schemes. These schemes meet [...]

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Aureos Capital has a First Close of its fund

Posted in International Medical Group, tagged on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I thought you might be interested to know that Aureos Capital has had a First Close of its Fund. Please see the attached circular from the IFC.
We’ll pick up our discussions with them again in July.
Kevin.
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New Private Equity Fund Launched to Strengthen Health Care in Africa

London/Washington, D.C., June 4, 2009—IFC, a member of the [...]

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