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, 15 September 2022

Meet Jana Kimmel

Jana is a fellow of the Balamu Exchange Program, which gives her the opportunity to conduct NCD research in the highly interesting field of gynecology in rural Uganda. She is a 5th-year undergraduate medical student from the Charité working as a coordinator for the Cervical Cancer sub-project. As a doctoral candidate she focuses on the […]

People, 1 September 2022

Meet James Karahuka

James supports the Balamu project as a clinical officer, providing care in our NCDs clinics and confirming measurements in the field for our studies. James supports the Balamu project as a clinical officer in our NCDs clinics and in the field. ...

NCD Research, 30 August 2022

Spirometry Study: Begin of data collection

In June 2022, we commenced our research activities on chronic respiratory diseases. We started the data collection by using our well-established and precisely tailored community health workers (CHWs) program. Hereby, CHWs act as a link between ...