Causes on Facebook | We need YOU to help end the transmission of HIV from Mother to Child by 2015.. I have signed as number 13,124 on the petition. >>> About this Petition: Every minute of every day, a child is born with HIV. We must stop this and we can. Treatment is now available [...]
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Causes on Facebook | We need YOU to help end the transmission of HIV from Mother to Child by 2015.
Posted in Suubi Trust, tagged HIV/AIDS, PMTCT, Global Fund on June 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Harnessing the economy – the development of IMG.
Posted in Dr. Ian Clarke, International Medical Foundation, International Medical Group, Suubi Trust, tagged Development, Private Sector on June 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever wondered, what is International Medical Group and how is it connected to Suubi Trust? Hopefully the following 2-pager from Dr. Ian will help. He lays out how IMG began more than 20 years ago and how it has developed into the largest private healthcare provider in Uganda, employing more than 700 staff [...]
Update from Dr. Richard
Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, Sponsors, Suubi Trust, Volunteers, tagged Dr. Richard, Fields of Life, HCIV on May 16, 2010 | Comments Off
Dr. Richard posted the following update about his work at our health centre in Lira, north Uganda. We are working here in collaboration with Charis and Fields of Life. You can read Richard’s Blog here. >>> Half way through our time now so back to Kampala for debrief. We prepared a list of areas we [...]
Is the AIDS War Falling Apart?
Posted in Suubi Trust, tagged Bwindi Community Hospital, HIV/AIDS on May 16, 2010 | Comments Off
The battle against AIDS in Africa is beginning to fall apart. Money is running out. While middle-income countries like India and Brazil may be able to save themselves, the future here (Africa) looks bleak. The following video from The New York Times discusses recent developments in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Uganda. It includes interviews [...]
I wish it were that easy!!
Posted in Fund Raising, Suubi Trust, Touch Namuwongo, Volunteers, tagged Dr. Alison, HIV/AIDS, STI on May 3, 2010 | Comments Off
Dr. Alison has been a great help recently on our Touch Namuwongo programme. She has helped to establish some new treatment guidelines, especially for cervical screening and the STI clinic. She has just posted this on her blog … >>> …front page headline of a national newspaper yesterday!! Then another bit of classic primary prevention [...]
Bwindi Community Hospital
Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, Suubi Trust, Volunteers, eQuality Health, tagged Bwindi Community Hospital, Dr. Richard, HCIV on May 2, 2010 | Comments Off
Some of you will know that Dr. Richard and Pat Feinmann have returned to Uganda for three months to help us with the planning for our HCIV in Lira (a Health Centre 4 is a small community hospital, the equivalent to what we used to call a Cottage Hospital). Richard is keeping his Blog up [...]
Bill Gates Speaks (on TED) About Fighting Malaria
Posted in Suubi Trust, tagged Gates Foundation, Malaria, TED on April 27, 2010 | Comments Off
I recommend that you watch at least the first 8 minutes of this video in which Bill Gates speaks about how his foundation is helping to fight malaria and why that is so important. He manages to get across a very serious message in a fun way. He says: As recently as 1960, 110 million [...]
World Malaria Day
Posted in International Medical Foundation, Suubi Trust, tagged Malaria on April 25, 2010 | Comments Off
Today, April 25th, is World Malaria Day 2010. About 3.3 billion people – half of the world’s population – are at risk of malaria. Every year, this leads to about 250 million malaria cases and nearly one million deaths. People living in the poorest countries are the most vulnerable. One in five (20%) of all [...]
Hope Physiotherapy Outpatient Clinic Report
Posted in Physiotherapy, Suubi Trust on April 21, 2010 | Comments Off
January 2010 – March 2010 The Hope Physiotherapy Outpatient Clinic has been operating since October 2008 for a total of eighteen months. This service is based at the physiotherapy department at International Hospital Kampala (IHK). The referrals in this period have continued to come from a wide variety of sources including Hope Ward, Watoto Children’s [...]
Uganda in double blow against malaria with local drugs
Posted in Suubi Trust, tagged Malaria, Quality Chemicals on April 5, 2010 | Comments Off
By MICHAEL WAKABI The EastAfrican There are 3 interesting articles in today’s “The EastAfrican” The World Health Organisation says half of the world’s population is at risk of malaria and an estimated 243 million cases led to an estimated 863,000 deaths in 2008. A child dies of malaria every 30 seconds while the disease shaves [...]
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