This project will build a Primary Care Clinic in South Central Uganda, providing much needed medical care and health education to Ugandans living in rural villages.
83% of Ugandans live in rural villages and do not have access to medical clinics. Men, women, children and the elderly suffer from treatable illnesses because they lack access to medical care. The villagers have to walk for miles to get to medical facilities. This project will build a Primary Care Clinic designed to provide medical services and health education to more than 38,000 Ugandans living in rural villages of Mukungwe subcounty in Masaka district, Uganda.
The Primary Care Clinic will serve as the principle point of consultation for 38,000 villagers. Local doctors, pharmacists, nurses, a registered dietician and a social worker will assess, diagnose and treat 105 patients each day using a holistic and multidisciplinary approach. Health education and nutrition assessment will be provided to each patient for disease prevention and health promotion.
We will reduce the prevalence of curable health conditions by successfully treating and educating 38,000 patients in the first year. The clinic will maintain a medical record for each patient and follow up care will be provided. An overall improvement in each patient's medical condition will be evaluated every three months. The multidisciplinary team will develop new educational and medical plans for any patients whose conditions do not improve.
