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HCU Shares Experiences

The Child Health project, in the Faculty of Medicinehosted various health care providers and  District health units to a one day dissemination workshop  at the University Inn  on Wednesday, 14th April 2010.

The work shop was organized to among other things share information on the project’s model of implementation of Community Resource Owned Persons (CORPS), assess the methods used to evaluate the model, provide results of project activities and   recommendations to key partners and stakeholders.

Addressing participants at the workshop, the Healthy Child Uganda project coordinator Doctor Jerome Kabakyenga said the project’s remarkable achievement was possible with financial support from the Canadian Government.

“Within a period of 5 years of the project’s inception it has had a high retention rate of 86% and reduction of child mortality rate by 50%. There has also been   general improvement in household hygiene, nutrition and reduction in malaria”. Doctor Kabakyenga Said.

Healthy Child Uganda started in 2003 after a baseline study at the Toto ward in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital revealed a high infant mortality rate resulting from preventable diseases like Malaria, Diarrhea, whooping cough, measeals and diphtheria.  

The work shop was attended by representatives from Mbarara District Health services, University of Calgary, Mbarara District local Government, Bushenyi District Health Services, Kinoni and Rugazi Health Centres, Integrated Community Based Initiatives (ICOBI), Organised Useful Rehabilitation Services (OURS) Mbarara Municipal Council and Pace.

For more information about Healthy Child Uganda visit the link below.

 

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