In February, the Trump administration in the USA froze its foreign aid through USAID. The Trump administration plans to reduce USAID staff by more than 90%. Atul Gawande, USAID’s former global health assistant administrator, posted on X that the agency’s workforce would be slashed from 14,000 to 294 – with only 12 staff assigned to Africa…
Please allow me to introduce myself; I am Tania Kelly-Baker. I had the privilege of living and working at Kiwoko Hospital for over 7 years, alongside my husband Paul and our daughter, Lana…
I was welcomed into a wonderful community of people. It was a beautiful exchange of ideas and collaboration, whether medical, or fun and games. They welcomed me like family…
The Good Samaritan Fund exists for patients who truly have no money or resources to pay for the essential medical bills.
It is for patients like these that the Kiwoko Hospital Good Samaritan Fund exists – patients who truly have no money or resources to pay for the essential medical bills.
Dr Dawn, a volunteer doctor from Singapore, gives her reflections of working on medicine and worship in Kiwoko.
Dr Ben, a volunteer doctor from Germany, gives his reflections of working on the Paediatric Ward at Kiwoko Hospital.
Health insurance and medical treatment are very expensive for the majority of the people in Uganda, which is why people attend in big numbers where they are offered free treatment.
In Africa, Uganda has the 5th highest burden of Sickle Cell Disease, with an estimated 25,000 babies born annually with the disease.
Kiwoko Hospital is a ‘game-changer’ in mental health care through the Mental Health Clinic at the hospital.
