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Communities Being Served – KCCL, HIPS and IMF

Posted in KCCL and HIPS - Kasese, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

By Clodagh: Kasese is in the West of Uganda and this programme is operating in communities on the shores of Lake George. All three of the communities being served, which have an approximate total population of 10,000, suffer from extreme poverty. This is mainly due to their near sole dependence on small-scale fishing, the produce [...]

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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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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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IMG Will Perform 2,000 Male Medical Circumcisions

Posted in International Medical Group, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 15, 2011 | Comments Off

International Medical Group has been asked by the Infectious Disease Institute, IDI, to perform 2,000 male circumcisions (MC) in Kampala as part of a Male Sexual Health initiative branded AMAKA, which will deliver a total of 5,000 MC by September 2011. The initiative is being funded by the Centre for Disease Control (CDC). Observational studies [...]

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IMF Working with Kasese Cobalt Company Limited

Posted in KCCL and HIPS - Kasese, tagged , , , on April 14, 2011 | Comments Off

For three years International Medical Foundation has been working with Kasese Cobalt Company Limited to provide basic health services to the poor living in three communities close to the KCCL facility in Kasese, West Uganda. This programme has been supported by Health Initiatives For The Private Sector, a USAID funded project. Together we have provided [...]

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Advent: Day 9 HIV/AIDS

Posted in Advent, Aldo Project, Hope Ward, Patients, Staff, Touch Namuwongo, 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 5 Judith Nyesigire

Posted in Advent, 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 4 Aldo

Posted in Advent, Aldo Project, Charis - IMC Lira, tagged , , , , on December 4, 2010 | Comments Off

This photo reminds me of a special day when I had the chance to visit Joyce, one of our Aldo clients in Lira. This visit taught me that it is not just the poor that fall though the holes in the safety net (which by the way doesn’t really exist). Joyce had a good job, [...]

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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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