Population survey

Working in a rural area

Conversation with the community

Semuto Clinic

Data collection in the community

How we build an impact

Research

Conduct community-based NCD research in a rural Ugandan district to deliver new insights into disease burden and NCD management strategies.

Education

Integrate health education in NCD disease management while educating nurses and medical students to become future health leaders.

Care

Work with community health workers to diagnose and treat NCDs through a sustainable, patient-centered model of care..

latest news

People, 1 August 2022

Dr. Robert Kayesubula

Meet Dr. Robert Kalyesubula

Dr. Robert, as one of our principal investigators, supervises all our project activities based on his wide-ranged internationally gained experience in global health. Dr. Robert, a native of the Nakaseke district, is a nephrologist who specializes in non-communicable diseases. He is the president of ACCESS Uganda and the principal investigator of the Balamu project. He […]

Events, 14 July 2022

World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2022 at Sapienza University in Rome

Balamu was represented at the 2022 World Health Summit Regional Meeting at Sapienza University in Rome. At this summit, more than 100 expert speakers debated on the improvement of global health and the development of scientific solutions to ...

People, 1 July 2022

Meet Ivan Weswa

Ivan supports the Balamu project as our administrative project manager, being responsible for all administrative duties within our diverse and wide-reaching project activities. Hailing from Mbale District in Eastern Uganda, Ivan is currently ...