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5,800 Mums and 100,000 Babies die every year in Uganda

Posted in Suubi Trust, tagged , , , , on August 1, 2010 |

16 women die every day in Uganda while giving birth or during pregnancy; that’s 5,800 deaths each year. Many more suffer from complications and childbirth injuries such as VVF. Each year 100,000 babies die at birth, that’s 76 deaths per 1,000 live births. The shame of these numbers is that these deaths are, on the [...]

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Not Just Diarrhoea or Malaria (or even HIV/AIDS)

Posted in International Medical Foundation, International Medical Group, tagged , , on August 1, 2010 |

I’m sure that when you think of health in Africa, most times, you will think Diarrhoea, Malaria, HIV/AIDS or TB. However this is just a part of the whole picture, yes a very important part, but there is more. Uganda’s disease patterns progressively show an increase in diabetes, hypertension or sometimes heart disease that can [...]

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The Yer Yotkom Project

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, Yer Yotkom, tagged , , on July 15, 2010 |

The Yer Yotkom Project ‘Choose Health’ In the midst of all the trauma in the last week we have had some really good news. Clea, one of our volunteers from the UK, working as part of the management team at International Medical Foundation, has just had news that we have been granted £270,391 to run [...]

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