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 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 working as a Project Administrator for the Balamu Project. Before joining our project Ivan gained experience in ICT and Project management. He […]

Balamu, 16 June 2022

Publications: Measuring CHW effectiveness in hypertension control

Our team is proud to present its new publication titled ‘Effectiveness of a community health worker-delivered care intervention for hypertension control in Uganda: study protocol for a stepped wedge, cluster randomized control ...

People, 1 June 2022

Meet Isaac Sekitoleko

Isaac has joined the Balamu project as our statistics expert, supporting the research design and data analysis of our studies to build evidence for community-based interventions. He is a research degree student and fellow at the International ...