Making a difference to Healthcare in Uganda International Medical Foundation has a vacancy for a Projects and Funding Manager. The role of Projects and Funding Manager requires you to source and apply for funding for the various community projects, taking on a strategic role in the Senior Management Team to ensure a comprehensive and well [...]
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Job Vacancy at International Medical Foundation
Posted in International Medical Foundation, Staff, Volunteers, tagged Funding Manager, Health in Uganda, Job Vacancy, Kampala, Northern Region Uganda, Northern Uganda, Project Manager, Uganda, Vacancy on July 30, 2011 | Comments Off
Dr. Alison (VSO) working with Touch Namuwongo
Posted in Fund Raising, Staff, Touch Namuwongo, Volunteers, tagged Dr. Alison, HIV, HIV/AIDS, IMG, International Hospital Kampala, Namuwongo, Oxford University, Sexually Transmitted Disease, SRH, STIs, Uganda, Voluntary Service Overseas, VSO on July 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Alison Cowan, a GP from the UK, and her family have recently returned after a fabulous 18 months in Uganda working with the IMG group through the charity VSO. She came to Uganda initially to facilitate the training of medical staff across the various IMG primary care clinics. Through this work she came to appreciate [...]
Experiences of an Oncologist (cancer specialist) in Africa
Posted in Cancer Care, Staff, tagged Cancer, Dr. Helena, Oncology on January 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
By Dr. Helena Nam: What it is like to experience cancer in Uganda? The following is an account of an average consultation in the life of an oncologist in Africa. One evening, I was just about to leave my clinic room when I heard crying outside. I opened the door to find a young man [...]
Advent: Day 13 TB
Posted in Advent, Fund Raising, Staff, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Touch Namuwongo, Volunteers, tagged Advent Calendar, Bosco, Clinical trial, Dr. Edith, Dr. Grania, Dr. Mark, Dr. Richard, International Hospital Kampala, MODS, MOTS, VSO on December 13, 2010 | Comments Off
The first project that Suubi Trust supported was the development of a level 2 bio-containment facility at International Hospital Kampala to provide a MODS TB culture and sensitivity service. That was back in July 2007. Since then we have completed the clinical trial and are now using the method to help diagnose patients from IHK [...]
Advent: Day 11 Not Just Doctors
Posted in Advent, International Hospital Kampala, Staff, tagged Advent Calendar on December 11, 2010 | Comments Off
We are very proud of all our staff at IHK and of course it takes more than just doctors and nurses to keep a hospital operating. Our maintenance team do a great job at keeping the hospital clean and safe; thanks.
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
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 [...]
Advent: Day 6 Rose’s Journey
Posted in Advent, Fund Raising, Hope Ward, Staff, tagged Advent Calendar, Bamunanika, End Child Sacrifice, Kiwoko Hospital, Rose Nanyonga Clarke, Uganda on December 6, 2010 | Comments Off
On July 11th 2009, more than 60 supporters from across the globe: USA, UK and Uganda, joined Rose Clarke to walk 52 km from Bamunanika to Kiwoko Hospital, a journey Rose had made back in 1989. For Rose and her friends, this walk was in celebration of her many years of freedom, restoration, growth, the [...]
Advent: Day 5 Judith Nyesigire
Posted in Advent, IMF Programmes, Staff, Volunteers, tagged Advent Calendar, Community Volunteers, Hands of Help, Helen Lay, HIV/AIDS, Jemimah Kiboss, Jinja Uganda, Judith Nyesigire, MCH on December 5, 2010 | Comments Off
This photo is from June 2008, before I came to work full-time in Uganda. Judith, in the middle, worked with the communities in and around Jinja, helping to train and support the community health volunteers. We had a very interesting day watching her interact with these volunteers and teaching them to tell others about HIV/AIDS. [...]
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 [...]
How many good men will we lose?
Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, Dr. Ian Clarke, Staff, tagged Moses Munezero on December 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Dr. Ian Clarke writes about the loss of Moses Munezero, copied from The Sunday Vision: As I write this column I am sorrowful, because I have lost a good friend and a good man. Moses Munezero was killed in the night bus ambush which happened on the Mbarara- Kabale road this week. He was a [...]


