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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Uganda VSO Health Recruitment Film
Posted in Hope Ward, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Volunteers, tagged Dr. Richard, International Medical Group, Uganda, VSO on May 23, 2011 |
Budget Too Small To Cover Health Needs
Posted in Business of Health Care, tagged Abuja Declaration, African Union, Kenya, Mulago Hospital, Uganda on March 15, 2011 |
I read an interesting article on allAfrica.com, written by Miriam Gathigah, about the state of the health budget in Kenya. Essentially it seems that the government of Kenya has reduced the percentage of the national budget, USD 12.5b, allocated to the health sector from 7% to 6.5%. Botswana and the Seychelles are the only African [...]
UK Aid as a share of National Income
Posted in Business of Health Care, Charis - IMC Lira, Hope Ward, International Medical Foundation, Touch Namuwongo, Yer Yotkom, tagged Aid, Andrew Mitchell, Department for International Development, DFID, Kampala, Makindye Division, MCH, SRH, Uganda on March 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In the last few weeks there’s been a lot of discussion about UK overseas aid. (on Twitter #AidReview) DFID has just completed a thorough review of all the programmes that it supports and has announced some changes planned for the next few years. Essentially the UK Government is committed to sharing up to 0.7% of [...]
IMG – Doing Business as a Means of Development
Posted in Business of Health Care, International Hospital Kampala, International Medical Foundation, International Medical Group, Suubi Trust, tagged IAA Healthcare, IHSU, International Health Sciences University, International Hospital Kampala, International Medical Group, Kampala, Uganda on January 22, 2011 |
Suubi Trust continues to support the work of International Medical Foundation, IMF. IMF, one of four companies within International Medical Group, is the group’s NGO (registered charity) providing a wide range of charitable health services to the poor ranging from community based health education, preventative services including family planning and ART, TB diagnosis and treatment, [...]
Advent: Day 17 Primary Care
Posted in Advent, Business of Health Care, Charis - IMC Lira, Fund Raising, International Medical Foundation, Sponsors, Touch Namuwongo, Yer Yotkom, tagged Advent Calendar, Health, Health care, International Medical Group, Primary care, Uganda on December 17, 2010 |
International Medical Foundation (IMF) provides public health and primary care to the communities living around IHK and the up-country clinics (mentioned in Day 12). This includes for example: health education, family planning, reproductive health, HIV testing and treatment, immunizations and treatments for the common acute conditions such as malaria, respiratory infections and diarrhea. We operate [...]
Advent: Day 10 Dr. Richard
Posted in Advent, Charis - IMC Lira, Fund Raising, Hope Ward, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Touch Namuwongo, Volunteers, tagged Advent Calendar, Aid and Development, Dr. Richard, MCH, SRH, TB, Uganda, VSO 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 [...]
Advent: Day 9 HIV/AIDS
Posted in Advent, Aldo Project, Hope Ward, Patients, Staff, Touch Namuwongo, tagged Advent Calendar, AIDS, ARVs, Awareness, Dr. Richard, HIV/AIDS, Immune Deficiency, Uganda, VCT on December 9, 2010 |
IMF has a number of community based programmes helping to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. We provide counselling and testing, help those who are negative to stay safe and for those that are positive we are able to help with treatment and care. Uganda has in past years been very successful in tackling this huge [...]
Eva: Hope Ward Cancer Charity
Posted in Cancer Care, International Medical Foundation, Patients, tagged Breast cancer, Cancer, Uganda on December 8, 2010 |
This is Eva and she wants you to know: “It is possible to survive cancer in Uganda”….. Eva is so positive – she was one of our first patients to be treated with breast cancer that had spread to the lymph nodes in March 2006. She is still in remission and whenever she comes she [...]
Advent: Day 6 Rose’s Journey
Posted in Advent, Fund Raising, Hope Ward, Staff, tagged Advent Calendar, Bamunanika, End Child Sacrifice, Kiwoko Hospital, Rose Nanyonga Clarke, Uganda on December 6, 2010 |
On July 11th 2009, more than 60 supporters from across the globe: USA, UK and Uganda, joined Rose Clarke to walk 52 km from Bamunanika to Kiwoko Hospital, a journey Rose had made back in 1989. For Rose and her friends, this walk was in celebration of her many years of freedom, restoration, growth, the [...]
Advent: Day 2 Emma
Posted in Advent, Cancer Care, Hope Ward, Patients, Suubi Trust, tagged Advent Calendar, Cancer, Dr. Helena, emm, Emmanuel, Irene Nassozi, Uganda on December 2, 2010 |
Sorry I missed day 1 and I’ve just seen that a few Blogs are posting Advent pictures, which I think is a great idea. So here we go; I will try to post a photo each day up to Christmas and use these to say a little bit about what we are doing here; all [...]
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