Public health campaign for HIV prevention

The nurse told me they target 15-45 year old men. They had a 2 day circumcision blitz and circumcised 268 men! They are currently out of kits, however. Also, here they put babies under general anesthesia to circumcise them. Quite different from the sugar water used to pacify babies at home!

Health Clinic

January 19th 2013
1/14/12 I spend the day in the local health clinic today. As I write this, I am sitting on a cold concrete bench, where the patients usually wait hours to be seen by the nurse or the medical officer (a person with 3 years of medical training, I’d say roughly the equivalent of a PA in the US.) A doctor comes here roughly once every 4 months, and nurses here diagnose and prescribe medications. ... read more

Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Uganda achieved independence from the UK in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,0... ... read more

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