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

Balamu, 3 November 2022

Annual Report 2022

We are very pleased to share with you the progress we have made. Thanks to the support of the Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung, the only NCD services in the Nakaseke district have been secured so far. Being healthy is exactly what we aim to achieve through our project activities: reducing morbidity and mortality due to the increasing […]

People, 20 October 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 ...

People, 30 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. ...