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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 health systems. Testing capacities and the access to intensive care are rather limited in urban and rural Uganda. Our partner organisation ACCESS Uganda is committed to continue providing NCD education and care to patients suffering from non-communicable diseases. Therefore, the weekly consultations for hypertensive patients continue to take place in the three NCD clinics.

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 an additional three years. The focus of the second funding phase is laid upon the expansion of care ...