In our guest house, a common mantra at the dinner table is, “Have you taken your malaria prevention?” as the container is passed around the table. Cerebral malaria is still poorly understood by the medical profession. Untreated, it is inevitably fatal. Several times a week a mother arrives breathless, running to our facility...
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KF was approved as a new member of the Anglican Global Mission Partners (AGMP). The AGMP is a networking partnership of Anglican global mission-committed organizations working together to pursue and develop joint initiatives and partnerships, encourage missionary vocations and increase efficiency and impact. To learn more visit ...
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World Health Organization recently awarded Bwindi Community Hospital’s Waiting Mothers Hostel for its outstanding achievements. Before the hostel existed, 1 in 113 births in the region resulted in the death of the mom. That horrible statistic has been reduced to nearly 1 in 2,000. The hostel serves expecting mothers who are ne...
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The Kellermann Foundation broke ground earlier this year on a new maternity ward adjacent to the Bwindi Community Hospital’s regional Nyakatare Health Clinic. The ward will serve prenatal through post-delivery moms who cannot travel easily to the BCH. Because of BCH and its regional clinics, the percent of women in its catchme...
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Does eQuality Health in Uganda make a real difference? The numbers make it clear. Among those patients insured by eQuality Health, the mortality rate for children under the age of 5 is reduced by 36% compared to those patients who are uninsured. Pictured here: a Batwa child receiving life-saving treatment at Bwindi Community Hos...
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