Great progress for the Bio-medical engineering project in Uganda – see their latest newsletter: umnh-newsletter-october-2016-11
Hope Business School Students Saving Lives in Uganda
Hand hygene is an important health issue in Uganda where many illness are transmitted because of unwashed hands.K4C has helped four Liverpool Hope Business School students spend a month in Fort Portal (Uganda) with Social Work and Business students from the University of Salford and Mountains of the Moon University. The aim of the trip […]
Joining Hands to Support the Victims of Domestic Violence
K4C, working in partnership with the University of Salford, is launching an appeal to help provide prosthetic hands for a young mother in Fort Portal, Uganda. Ninsiima is a peasant farmer with two small children. Last month her husband brutally attacked her severing both her hands from just above the wrists and one of her […]
Medical equipment management capacity building in Ugandan Hospitals
Read the first report from this ground breaking K4C project. K4C Newsletters
The Kagote Canopy Project
Kagote Canopy was sponsored by the Ethical Elective Placement Scheme which invests in those facilities hosting Salford University students. It is very rare in Uganda to have patients triaged effectively (sorted on the basis of their needs) with few facilities undertaking basic observation to assess patient well-being. This shelter will be used not only for […]
Maranatha Health Uganda is Urgently Seeking a Doctor
Would you like to join a growing team of health professionals to make a difference in the lives of thousands of African children? Are you interested in developing world medicine? Would you like a chance to use you weekends to visit spectacular national parks and go on safaris? Would you like a chance to do […]
New hand hygiene project launched
‘Reducing Infection through holistic and sustainable Improvements in Hand Hygiene’ is a THET funded Partnership Initiative project which aims to improve the safety of healthcare workers in selected facilities in the Kabarole Region of Uganda, and promote resilience to infectious disease outbreaks. See our project flier for more details: Hand Hygiene Project
Student Elective Placements Now Available
Bespoke placements specifically aimed at medical, nursing, midwifery, allied health professional and biomedical engineering students will be available from March onwards in 2016. Students will be accompanied by an experienced placement lead for the duration of their stay and will receive additional professional support on the ground from a UK obstetrician, midwife and biomedical engineer. […]