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The
investment by the NGO founders in the new facility was
to help us serve the community's needs
We opened in July 2005 and the range of services
have broadened and the numbers of patients have also increased.
In 2006 we were assessed by the Ministry of Health and
accredited as a Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) site. The
facility has been a key factor in our hosted referrals
approach. By locating ourselves within the community and
having designed specific areas for confidential discussions,
medical examinations or group meetings for clients it
means we have the premises through which other implementers
can reach the patients who need them.
Each
month we compile information for decision making by the
medical staff and management and through displaying these
charts at the clinic we provide feedback to the community.
The HMIS 105 form is a monthly submission to the health
authorities in local government and is used by the national
government towards the monitoring of their attainment
of MDG goals. For our facility, they show the growth in
our patient volumes using our services.
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The
out-patients services are available every day and
through the whole 24-hours. These are for men and
women, children, under-18s and adults. When the
facility opened, we saw 350 a month, this rose to
600 a month for 2007 and 2008 but as we took on
more staff and our reputation spread, so our patient
volumes also grew.
In
April 2011, 35% of the patients were confirmed to
have malaria, 27% reported with coughs including
pneumonia and 11% had diarrhoea symptoms unrelated
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A
key service provided to the community through the
new facility is laboratory testing and 24-hour access
to diagnosis of fevers to determine the cause. Households
waste precious funds on self-diagnosis and presumptive
treatment of every fever as malaria.
The
clinic has 12,000 people within its village, over
100,000 live under 2 miles from the clinic. However,
after dusk ours is the only laboratory in the village.
Each test we provide that confirms the fever is
not caused by malaria saves the patient the cost
of ACTs. |
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The
purpose built pharmacy has allowed us to more easily
manage the centrally purchased drugs and patient
aids. We stock and distribute without cost malaria
drugs funded by the Global Fund, HIV prevention
treatments from UNITAID and ART funded by the Government
of Uganda and by PEPFAR. We also have mosquito nets,
family planning commodities and single-use syringes. |
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