IMF has a number of community based programmes helping to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. We provide counselling and testing, help those who are negative to stay safe and for those that are positive we are able to help with treatment and care. Uganda has in past years been very successful in tackling this huge [...]
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Advent: Day 9 HIV/AIDS
Posted in Advent, Aldo Project, Hope Ward, Patients, Staff, Touch Namuwongo, tagged Advent Calendar, AIDS, ARVs, Awareness, Dr. Richard, HIV/AIDS, Immune Deficiency, Uganda, VCT on December 9, 2010 | Comments Off
Eva: Hope Ward Cancer Charity
Posted in Cancer Care, International Medical Foundation, Patients, tagged Breast cancer, Cancer, Uganda on December 8, 2010 | Comments Off
This is Eva and she wants you to know: “It is possible to survive cancer in Uganda”….. Eva is so positive – she was one of our first patients to be treated with breast cancer that had spread to the lymph nodes in March 2006. She is still in remission and whenever she comes she [...]
Emma: Hope Ward Cancer Charity
Posted in Cancer Care, International Medical Foundation, Patients, tagged Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Emmanuel, Irene Nassozi, Leukemia on December 6, 2010 | Comments Off
This is “Emma” in July 2008 on first line maintenance treatment for ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukaemia). With Sister Irene, our first chemotherapy nurse who now trains new nurses to deliver specialist cancer treatment. and here he is in October 2010 with his mother and Sister Aisha, chemotherapy nurse. Emmanuel (“Emma”) is doing remarkably well – [...]
Advent: Day 2 Emma
Posted in Advent, Cancer Care, Hope Ward, Patients, Suubi Trust, tagged Advent Calendar, Cancer, Dr. Helena, emm, Emmanuel, Irene Nassozi, Uganda on December 2, 2010 | Comments Off
Sorry I missed day 1 and I’ve just seen that a few Blogs are posting Advent pictures, which I think is a great idea. So here we go; I will try to post a photo each day up to Christmas and use these to say a little bit about what we are doing here; all [...]
Margaret: Hope Ward Cancer Charity
Posted in Cancer Care, Patients, tagged Cancer, Dr. Helena on December 1, 2010 | Comments Off
Margaret comes to hospital in her best outfit – the traditional Ugandan “Gomez”. She a humble and gracious woman and has no support – tragically, 7 out of 8 of her children have died. She couldn’t afford treatment for a womb mass and leg swelling. Hope Cancer clinic wishes to ensure this quiet, humble patient, [...]
Maria: Hope Ward Cancer Charity
Posted in Cancer Care, International Medical Foundation, Patients, tagged Cancer, Cancer survivor, Chemotherapy, Dr. Helena, Rhabdomyosarcoma on November 29, 2010 | Comments Off
Maria is a delightful 5 year old who runs around Hope Ward grinning and following the doctors! She has been very brave – Maria alone and with her mother and Svetlana – a volunteer and cancer survivor. Svetlana willingly gives her free time to care for those who are needy. She comes from a village [...]
Francis to live on in our memories
Posted in Hope Ward, Patients, tagged Diane, Francis Ssemwogerere, Kampala Bombings on November 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Comment added by Diane: To Francis…. a great man who fought with every ounce of his soul, every day to survive but in the end it was just too much. He was a delight to care for, a daily inspiration to all who knew him and such a genuinely good hearted young man. I thank [...]
Bomb survivor’s slow and bumpy road to recovery, four months later
Posted in Hope Ward, International Hospital Kampala, International Medical Foundation, Patients, tagged Francis Ssemwogerere, Kampala, Kampala Bombings, Kyadondo Rugby Club, Spinal cord injury on November 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Sadly, Francis died at the weekend, may he rest in peace. The item below was one of his last interviews. >>> Posted at: http://bit.ly/dmLQWn By RACHEL KABEJJA: Posted Thursday, November 11 2010 at 00:00 It is exactly four months since the twin bombs went off in Kampala. About 80 people were killed and others left with severe injuries among whom [...]
IMG Newsletter
Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, Heart Surgery, Hope Ward, International Hospital Kampala, International Medical Foundation, International Medical Group, Patients, Staff on October 19, 2010 | Comments Off
Please click on the image above to download the latest IMG Newsletter. This edition includes the following items: Announces some new Specialists on Board Outlines our Charis IMC Partnership in Lira IMC Mbarara Move and Expansion An update from International Medical Foundation (IMF) – Bringing Hope News about a Laparoscopic Surgical Camp at IHK Plans [...]
A Day with the CATTS (Part Two)
Posted in Patients, Touch Namuwongo, tagged AIDS, CATTS, Dr. Grania, HIV/AIDS, Immune Disorders, TB, Tuberculosis treatment on October 14, 2010 | Comments Off
More from Dr. Grania, original post here. After my eventful day with Rose we headed out again to see a patient who had recently been started on TB treatment. Emmanuel was HIV-positive and had recently suffered from night-sweats, had a cough, and had lost 10kgs in a short period of time. He was referred to [...]


