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Job Vacancy at International Medical Foundation

Posted in International Medical Foundation, Staff, Volunteers, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 30, 2011 | Comments Off

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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Dr. Alison (VSO) working with Touch Namuwongo

Posted in Fund Raising, Staff, Touch Namuwongo, Volunteers, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , 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 [...]

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Uganda VSO Health Recruitment Film

Posted in Hope Ward, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Volunteers, tagged , , , on May 23, 2011 | Comments Off

VSO has been a great organisation for us to work with; each of the volunteers have made significant contributions to the development of our healthcare services at International Medical Group. This video features Dr. Richard and I am so glad to hear him say that he got as much from his time here as we [...]

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Shortlisted for BMJ Group Awards

Posted in Suubi Trust, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Touch Namuwongo, Volunteers, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »

We are pleased to note that the TB project at IHK has been shortlisted for this year’s BMJ Group Awards under the “Getting Evidence into Practice” category. Thanks to Dr. Richard for making the submission. TB is a significant health issue in Uganda and our project, supported initially by Suubi Trust and then by Target [...]

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Advent: Day 13 TB

Posted in Advent, Fund Raising, Staff, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Touch Namuwongo, Volunteers, tagged , , , , , , , , , , 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 [...]

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Advent: Day 10 Dr. Richard

Posted in Advent, Charis - IMC Lira, Fund Raising, Hope Ward, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Touch Namuwongo, Volunteers, tagged , , , , , , , on December 10, 2010 | Comments Off

This is Dr. Richard as many of us will remember him, enjoying being with the kids on Hope Ward. He made a huge difference in his time with us as a voluteer with VSO. There are more photos of him on the VSO website here. Even after their VSO stint was finished, Richard and Patricia [...]

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Advent: Day 7 IMF Dunavant Mobile Clinic

Posted in Advent, Charis - IMC Lira, Pader Clinic, Volunteers, tagged , , , , on December 7, 2010 | Comments Off

Lucy, Amy, Tom (volunteers from the UK) and members of our clinical team from Lira spent a few weeks on this pilot in Pader District to help determine how we might be able to operate Mobile Clinics in parts of the country that lack basic health facilities. The pilot was a success but we’ve failed, [...]

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Advent: Day 5 Judith Nyesigire

Posted in Advent, IMF Programmes, Staff, Volunteers, tagged , , , , , , , , 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. [...]

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Advent: Day 3 Touch Namuwongo

Posted in Advent, International Medical Foundation, Touch Namuwongo, Volunteers, tagged , , , , , , , on December 3, 2010 | Comments Off

I really like this photo which I took during an open day for the Touch Namuwongo Programme at IHK. It was just great to see so many of the local children taking part in the events in the hospital grounds. Our vision is that IHK would help to serve all of the people living in [...]

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Dragon’s Den- African Style!

Posted in Touch Namuwongo, Volunteers, tagged , , on October 21, 2010 | Comments Off

Alan and Alison posted this about one of our latest initiatives on Touch Namuwongo – hoping to help the community with income generation… original post here   As part of the income generation project with the Touch Namuwongo Community volunteers, Alan organised a Dragon’s Den style forum for the volunteers to pitch their business ideas [...]

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