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Education, 23 September 2021

Training of our community health workers

As our study is ready to set off, the study team currently trains 25 community health workers. The CHWs will be key players in supporting the data collection process in the local community. CHWs are playing an increasingly important role in the delivery of healthcare services. They are recognized as valuable members of a healthcare service delivery team. CHWs can take over a set of responsiblities, based on their education and training. They are commonly employed in the fields of health promotion and preventive care. CHWs can act as a health promoters, directly providing information and consulting community members to nurture health beneficial behaviour.

NCD Research, 8 September 2021

Begin of data collection

In August 2021 we commenced our research activities by completing over 30 qualitative interviews in partnership with Makerere University. We conducted interviews with community health workers, NCD patients, key informants and project members. ...

Publications, 17 August 2021

Patient-centered hypertension education by CHWs among PLWHA

The study titled 'Acceptability of patient-centered hypertension education delivered by community health workers among people living with HIV/AIDS in rural Uganda' was published in BMC Public Health this July. Lead by Charles Batte, the ...

People, 16 July 2021

Meet Dr. Richard Munana

Meet our Medical Officer Dr. Richard Munana! Richard is a postgraduate clinical fellow at the Balamu Project. His role in our project is to ...

Events, 1 July 2021

World Health Summit Regional Meeting Uganda 2021

As part of the World Health Summit Regional Meeting Uganda this week, we organized a workshop on "Rural Health Centres of Excellence" hosted by ...

Partner, 4 June 2021

Digital interventions for cardiovascular health

We are delighted to share the reception of additional funding to conduct a digital health, cross-sectional project in rural Uganda. Together ...

NCD Research, 21 May 2021

Obtainment of ethical approval

Our team received ethical approval from Makerere University College of Health Sciences to perform a mixed-methods-study in Nakaseke ...

Publications, 7 May 2021

The field of nephrology in global health

An interim report on the Balamu progress was published in the German medical journal Nieren- und Hochdruckkrankheiten (eng: Kidney Diseases and ...

Healthcare, 23 April 2021

COVID-19 and NCD care in rural Uganda

The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging health systems on a global scale. Low-middle-income countries are threatened tremendously due to weaker ...

Funding, 9 April 2021

Start of new funding period

The Balamu team received a follow-up grant from the Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung. Therefore, we will be able to pursue project activities for ...