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KCCL, HIPS and IMF Project in Kasese – Case Study 1

Posted in KCCL and HIPS - Kasese, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I recently posted a project update about our community HIV/AIDS programme in Kasese, W. Uganda and some friends asked for more information, which I will provide in a number of posts over the next week. Let me start by thanking Clodagh who helped to prepare this information during her visit last year. Perhaps the best [...]

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IMF Working with Kasese Cobalt Company Limited: Update

Posted in KCCL and HIPS - Kasese, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Thanks to Carolyne for this update: International Medical Foundation has been working with Kasese Cobalt Company Limited since October 2006 to provide basic health services to the poor living in three communities close to the KCCL facility in Kasese, West Uganda; Muhokya, Kahendero and Hamukungu. This programme has been supported by Health Initiatives For The [...]

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Advent: Day 9 HIV/AIDS

Posted in Patients, Hope Ward, Staff, Touch Namuwongo, Aldo Project, Advent, tagged , , , , , , , , 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 [...]

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Advent: Day 3 Touch Namuwongo

Posted in Volunteers, International Medical Foundation, Touch Namuwongo, Advent, 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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A Day with the CATTS (Part Two)

Posted in Patients, Touch Namuwongo, tagged , , , , , , 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 [...]

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A Day with the CATTS (Part One)

Posted in Patients, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Volunteers, Touch Namuwongo, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 11, 2010 | Comments Off

Dr. Grania is a key member of our team working on the development of and clinical trial for a new (faster – cheaper) diagnostic method for TB. She was back in Kampala last month and has posted this update on her Blog. A key aspect of our plan for the TB project has been to [...]

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72,000 Ugandans to get free ARVs

Posted in Aldo Project, International Medical Foundation, Touch Namuwongo, tagged , , , , , on September 10, 2010 | Comments Off

New Vision Online : 72,000 Ugandans to get free ARVs. Recently we have been experiencing ARV stock-outs. This can have a significant impact on our enrolled clients; we don’t want to have an interruption in their treatment programmes. When we cannot get the necessary supplies from the Ministry of Health, our programmes need to purchase [...]

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