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Target TB Partners’ Newsletter

Posted in TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Touch Namuwongo, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 14, 2011 |

The Autumn issue has the following piece noting the BMJ award for International Medical Group. The newsletter can be downloaded by clicking here.

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Poor Housing Increases TB Infection

Posted in TB Diagnostics and Treatment, tagged , , , , , on November 14, 2011 |

By Joe Nam, New Vision, published November 07th, 2011. A study carried out in Makindye Division in Kampala, Lira Municipality and Wobulenzi town council has established a co-relation between poor housing and prevalence of tuberculosis in urban centres. The research carried out by International Medical Foundation engaged 1,366 adults in 1,366 households. The majority of [...]

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Tuberculosis Health Needs Assessment (2/2)

Posted in International Medical Foundation, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, tagged , , , , , on October 26, 2011 |

A key element of this study was to assess the housing as well as socio-economic determinants amongst slum dwellers. 1,366 households were surveyed in 3 low income settlements; one in the urban slums within Kampala and the other 2 in rural settings as a comparison. As indicated in the previous posting there is a need for [...]

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Tuberculosis Health Needs Assessment

Posted in International Medical Foundation, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, tagged , , , , , on October 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »

  International Medical Foundation and Target Tuberculosis (Target TB) recently completed an assessment of how housing conditions and socio-economic factors affect vulnerabilities for Tuberculosis (TB). A total of 1,366 households were surveyed in 3 low income settlements within Makindye Division Kampala, Lira District and Luwero District. Uganda is ranked 16th out of the 22 high [...]

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IMF Working with Kasese Cobalt Company Limited

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

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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World TB Day

Posted in TB Diagnostics and Treatment, tagged , on March 24, 2011 |

UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé expresses his concerns over an emerging epidemic in drug resistant TB.   Read more about our work with TB patients in Uganda by clicking here.

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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 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 |

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 4 Aldo

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

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 |

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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