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18 Sep 2019

Healthcare for the Batwa

Sustain for Life has supported a comprehensive health outreach service to 24 Batwa pygmy communities since 2010 in the Kisoro District of Southwest Uganda operated by St Francis Mutolere Hospital to provide healthcare, preventative medicine and education to some of the world’s most vulnerable communities. About the Batwa The Batwa Pygmies currently live in Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and…

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Health
18 Sep 2019

Disability Mainstreaming in Uganda

  In Uganda, 19% of people aged 5 and over have some form of disability, the number  in Amuru is high due to the actions of the Lord’s Resistance Army in the past. The social and economic status of people with disabilities in Uganda is particularly precarious, because of the high correlation between the incidence of…

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Health
18 Sep 2019

Improving WASH facilities in Uganda

Roughly two thirds of Uganda’s rural population lack access to safe water. Poor sanitation and hygiene is a cross cutting health concern in all rural Ugandan Villages. Diarrheal disease is responsible for 17% of all deaths in children under five in Uganda today. The Challenge Amach Sub County in Lira District has the lowest WASH…

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Health
18 Sep 2019

Bwindi Community Hospital

Hospital Walkways In January 2012, Sustain for Life made a small grant to Bwindi Community Hospital towards the construction of covered walkways to connect the numerous buildings of the hospital, something that had been on the hospital’s wish list for many years. During our visit to Bwindi the previous October, we saw first-hand the great need for the walkways…

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Health
18 Sep 2019

Child Healthcare Access Programme

Since 2009, Sustain for Life has supported the Child Healthcare Access Programme (CHAP), a new child healthcare initiative at Bwindi Community Hospital in rural southwest Uganda. The CHAP provides all healthcare for children less than five years of age at minimal cost and, for the very poorest families, free of charge. Saving Lives of Vulnerable Children The…

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Health
18 Sep 2019

Live at Birth

The Live at Birth was a project at Bwindi Community Hospital in Uganda supported by Sustain for Life and Comic Relief that addressed the issues of maternal and child health in the region.  It promoted an innovative insurance scheme that brought about more equitable healthcare for all members of the community served by the hospital. This project grew out of the…

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