Access to Basic Healthcare for Uganda's poorest Photo Gallery
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Patient on EMF, Bwindi 2006
Equipment is scarce even in Uganda's main hospitals
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Reading to patients
Local nurse Sylvia enjoys reading to malnourished childen and their mothers
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Teaching people about malaria
Teaching people about avoiding malaria is a vital part of volunteers' and partners' work in Uganda
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Nurses
Morale is lifted and improved financial and administrative systems improved making for healthier and happier health professionals
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Health promotion
Patrick from Bwindi Community Hospital carrying out health promotion at Byumba clinic. Primary healthcare, education and prevention are at the roots of tackling major health threats in resource-poor Uganda
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Crowded truck
A major killer in Uganda is the traffic
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Training for medical students
Frank, a medical student from Mbarara University on a training placement at Bwindi Community Hospital
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Batwa lady
The Bwindi Community Hospital's outpatient department sees up to 1000 people a month
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New Ambulance
There are many remote villages and pressures on local people which keep them from demanding the healthcare which is their basic human right. The health centres and hospitals need more transport to get out to reach these areas.
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Healthy baby
Healthy baby with mother at Bwindi, Uganda
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