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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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Suubi Trust Annual Returns

Posted in Cancer Care, Charis - IMC Lira, Fund Raising, Hope Ward, International Medical Foundation, Touch Namuwongo, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Since it was registered on July 2nd 2007, Suubi Trust has raised just over £200,000 to help support the work of International Medical Foundation, an NGO providing healthcare services to the financially disadvantaged in Uganda. Our key focus at this time is raising funds to build a maternity theatre at Charis Health Centre in Lira, [...]

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IHK Video

Posted in Dr. Ian Clarke, International Hospital Kampala, International Medical Group, tagged , , , , , , on November 16, 2011 | Comments Off

Thanks to our friends at Child’s i Foundation, we have a new video which highlights the medical services available at International Hospital Kampala.

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The Fun Run

Posted in Fund Raising, Hope Ward, tagged , , , , on November 10, 2011 | Comments Off

For the past few years MTN has sponsored a Hope Ward fun run that has been instrumental in raising funds for the ward. External sponsorship in the past has only met about half of the total annual costs of treating Hope Ward patients, the balance being met by International Hospital Kampala. The fun run usually [...]

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Hope Ward

Posted in Hope Ward, tagged , , on November 10, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Hope Ward is a charity ward within the International Hospital Kampala. It was opened in 2006 and has had 1,142 admissions. Hope Ward exists to reach out to the underprivileged and provide lifesaving and complex, high quality medical care. We seek to alleviate the suffering and improve our patients’ quantity and quality of life. Hope [...]

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Dr. Alison Raising Funds for Touch Namuwongo

Posted in Fund Raising, Touch Namuwongo, tagged , , , , , , , on August 17, 2011 | Comments Off

A recent post by Dr. Alison described how she helped to establish an STD Clinic within the Touch Namuwongo Programme in Kampala. This summer Alison, Alan and their family raised £1,171 to help support this programme by speaking at a local church lunch and hosting a Ugandan party for supportive friends in her native St [...]

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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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A Case of Cervical Cancer

Posted in Cancer Care, Hope Ward, Patients, Touch Namuwongo, tagged , , , , on July 22, 2011 | Comments Off

By Jemimah Kiboss: A few weeks ago a relatively young lady (Rose*) walked into my office looking ten years older than she actually was. She came looking for help for her mother with an ultrasound scan report indicating that her mother had a mass in her cervix and another mass nearby as well as a [...]

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We are Winners!

Posted in International Medical Foundation, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 21, 2011 | Comments Off

The BMJ nominated us winners for the “Getting Evidence into Practice” award. The TB Diagnostics Lab was the very first project that I became involved in at International Medical Foundation, back in 2007. I remember being approached almost every day by Dr. Mark Russell (a VSO volunteer) who wanted to do something for the many [...]

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World Cancer Day

Posted in Cancer Care, tagged , , , , on February 4, 2011 | Comments Off

Cancer is a leading cause of death around the world. WHO estimates that 84 million people will die of cancer between 2005 and 2015 without intervention. As mentioned in the recent post by Dr. Helena, cancer is being recognised as a increasing problem in Uganda. At International Hospital Kampala, IHK, we have a Cancer Care [...]

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