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A Day with the CATTS (Part Two)

Posted in Patients, Touch Namuwongo, tagged , , , , , , on October 14, 2010 |

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, Touch Namuwongo, Volunteers, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 11, 2010 |

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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The Aldo Project: Field Visit Report

Posted in Aldo Project, Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, Patients, Volunteers, tagged , , , , on July 31, 2010 |

Clea sends the following report: During a recent visit to Lira International Medical Centre (IMC), Kevin Duffy (CEO) and Clea Meynell (IMF Funding and Reporting Manager) spent some time with Trixcy, the Aldo Project Counsellor. Trixcy has been working as a volunteer on the Aldo Project since 2008 providing help and support to Jasper Okwir, [...]

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Aldo Project – Lira

Posted in Aldo Project, Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, Suubi Trust, tagged , , , on July 28, 2010 |

I’m very fortunate to have a job in which, for most days, there are parts that make me feel really good about what we’re trying to do. Yesterday I had the chance to visit with some of our clients on the Aldo project in Lira, Northern Uganda. One of these is Joyce. She used to [...]

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Dr. Richard trains 83 volunteers.

Posted in TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Touch Namuwongo, Volunteers, tagged , , on August 24, 2009 |

This week Dr. Richard provided TB training for local volunteers in preparation for Phase 2 of our TB programme. Interesting day yesterday. I have mentioned our HIV outreach clinic “Touch Namuwongo”.Since TB and HIV are interlinked the 110 community volunteer workers from Touch came for training about TB. I don’t think I’ve ever done a [...]

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Edward

Posted in Hope Ward, Patients, tagged , , on May 3, 2009 |

Dr Richard writes… This is Edward from Touch Namowongo and I guess this is our commonest admission. Advanced HIV and pulmoary Tuberculosis… a deadly combination. He came in on a stretcher because he was so weak and malnourished…He weighed 26.5kgs. They get so sick they can’t eat or drink and end up looking like this..really [...]

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Hope Story – Matte

Posted in Hope Ward, Patients, tagged , , , on December 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »

TB is one of the leading causes of morbitity and mortality in Uganda, especially in patients co-infected with HIV/AIDS. The Ugandan Ministry of Health estimates that there are on average 80,000 new cases of tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda every year. It can be difficult to diagnose and needs specialist input to obtain the diagnosis and [...]

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