BARHD Rural Health Clinics in Bushenyi, Uganda
Uganda health resources abandon rural populations
An infant receives a life-saving polio vaccine at a BARHD clinic in Iraramira
BARHD, in partnership with rural villagers, has constructed five community-based health clinics (CBHC). The villagers supply land, trees for structural members, gravel, and labor. BARHD supplies funds for purchased items such as metal sheets for roofs and cement for floors. In this way the local people assume ownership.
Nurses and TBA's (traditional birth attendants) are chosen from the community and trained by our Health Coordinator. Medicines are supplied by BARHD, and the nurses, acting as entrepeneurs, dispense them for a small fee and/or bartered foods, thereby allowing them to make a living.
A mobile health team visits these clinics and six others on a routine basis, helping with immunizations, pre-natal screening,
distribution of mosquito nets, providing education in securing clean drinking water, sanitation, and family planning.
These rural health clinics and the mobile health team encompass a catchment area of some 100,000 people.
Pregnant women await pre-natal screening at Rurama
Funds are needed for additional health clinics, equipment and supplies. A small donation of:
- $10 buys a bed net, protecting a family of four from malaria
- $15 buys a birthing kit containing surgical gloves, sterilization chemicals, and a plastic sheet to cover the birthing pad
- $25 buys vaccines to immunize five infants
- $150 buys a microscope to examine blood, stool, and sputum samples so that diseases can be identified and treated properly.
Contact us to learn more about getting involved with our "Adopt a Clinic" program.