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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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Coke and Primary Healthcare

Posted in Primary Healthcare, tagged , , , on January 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

It’s a simple pleasure; ride my bike through the local communities until exhausted – which for me in this heat and with these hills doesn’t take very long. I’ll admit, at times it might have been better described as “there’s Kevin taking his bike for a walk…” When exhausted stop at a local shop (for [...]

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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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Exam Time

Posted in Business of Health Care, International Health Sciences University, tagged , , , , on January 21, 2012 | 1 Comment »

I sat in the exam room staring at the paper and slowly it dawned on me, I couldn’t answer any of it. I could feel the panic rising and, as is normal in this situation, I was buck naked. Last week International Health Sciences University, in Kampala Uganda, held its 2nd Graduation Ceremony. 91 students [...]

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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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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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Job Vacancy at International Medical Foundation

Posted in International Medical Foundation, Staff, Volunteers, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 30, 2011 | Comments Off

Making a difference to Healthcare in Uganda International Medical Foundation has a vacancy for a Projects and Funding Manager. The role of Projects and Funding Manager requires you to source and apply for funding for the various community projects, taking on a strategic role in the Senior Management Team to ensure a comprehensive and well [...]

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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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Uganda VSO Health Recruitment Film

Posted in Hope Ward, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Volunteers, tagged , , , on May 23, 2011 | Comments Off

VSO has been a great organisation for us to work with; each of the volunteers have made significant contributions to the development of our healthcare services at International Medical Group. This video features Dr. Richard and I am so glad to hear him say that he got as much from his time here as we [...]

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