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A collaboration between Monash TeaMMed & HUG: help us grow •  Reflections upon 2013 •  Plans for 2014/15

Uganda: A Nation

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Uganda: a Health Perspective

Health  Parameter   Australia   Uganda  Total  popula.on   22,605,000   34,509,000  

Gross  na.onal  income  per  capita   $38,110     $1,310    

Life  expectancy  at  birth  (years)   82   56  

Probability  of  dying  under  five  (per  1000  live  births)   5   90  

Total  fer.lity  rate  (per  woman)   2   6.1  

Maternal  mortality  ra.o  (per  100,000  live  births)   7   310  

Prevalence  of  TB  (per  100,000  popula.on)   7.6   183  

Prevalence  of  HIV  (per  100,000  popula.on)   99   4030  

Prevalence  of  malaria  (per  100,000  popula.on)   Unrecorded   28,921  

2013 Uganda Trip

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Suubi Center

Mulago Hospital

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Medical Testing

African Child Day & District Outreach

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Suubi Sports Day

School Visit

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Murchison Falls NP…

Masindi ‘Window of Light’ Orphanage

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2014/15 Uganda Trip Tips from 2013

  Plan for extra time

  Mosquito spray

  Buy lunch

  Order water

  Write letters

  Training session

  Get receipts

  Communicate

Plans

  January 2015

  Medical Testing @ Suubi & more outreach centers

  Same tests as 2013 + H. Pylori

  African Safari

  Mulago (Kampala) Hospital Tour

Questions/Interested

  slmal3@student.monash.edu