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Target TB Partners’ Newsletter

Posted in TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Touch Namuwongo, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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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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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We are Winners!

Posted in International Medical Foundation, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 21, 2011 | Comments Off

The BMJ nominated us winners for the “Getting Evidence into Practice” award. The TB Diagnostics Lab was the very first project that I became involved in at International Medical Foundation, back in 2007. I remember being approached almost every day by Dr. Mark Russell (a VSO volunteer) who wanted to do something for the many [...]

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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 13 TB

Posted in Advent, Fund Raising, Staff, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Touch Namuwongo, Volunteers, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on December 13, 2010 | Comments Off

The first project that Suubi Trust supported was the development of a level 2 bio-containment facility at International Hospital Kampala to provide a MODS TB culture and sensitivity service. That was back in July 2007. Since then we have completed the clinical trial and are now using the method to help diagnose patients from IHK [...]

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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 | Comments Off

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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Last Patient Of The Day

Posted in International Medical Foundation, Patients, Touch Namuwongo, Volunteers, tagged , , on October 1, 2010 | Comments Off

By Dr. Alison: It had been a busy day in the community sexual health clinic and we were all feeling tired and hungry. It had been a long day too for Jane, our last patient of the day, not that she allowed us to think that for a moment. She entered the room in a [...]

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Kampala Bombings: UPDATE Ssemwogerere Francis

Posted in International Hospital Kampala, International Medical Group, Volunteers, tagged , , , on July 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Diane, a VSO from the UK, works with us at IHK and on Sunday night she came in to help in ICU. One of her patients, Francis, has just regained consciousness and Diane has sent this message… Today when I went on my daily visit to Francis and a few others in ICU I was [...]

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Amina: Hope Ward

Posted in Hope Ward, Patients, tagged on February 25, 2010 | Comments Off

Amina was brought to Hope Ward by a wonderful lady who was on a VSO placement in Masindi. She had served so many ladies as a Traditional Birth Attendant in her community. However a motorcycle accident left her relying heavily on a pair of crutches unable to bear weight at all on her broken leg. [...]

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