In June, PM Justin Trudeau announced that Canada is increasing international funding for women and children’s health to $1.4 billion annually, starting in 2023. The ten-year commitment renews Canada’s current contribution to reproductive, maternal, newborn and children’s health to 2030 and is aimed at addressing critical gaps in sexual and […]
Mama na Mtoto collaborated with the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) and Healthy Child Uganda (HCU) to create a Community Health Engagement Field Experience Group Study Program. Students had the opportunity to work alongside the HCU team, local communities, and MUST […]
Last week, our Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) team launched an inter-facility Closed User Group (CUG) service in Kwimba District. Attended by facility supervisors, the Kwimba Council Health Management Team and district leaders, the launch event saw cell phones linked via the CUG distributed to 52 public health facilities. The devices […]
National Sickle Cell Awareness Day on June 19 highlights the need to raise awareness about sickle cell disease to improve the quality of life of affected individuals and their families. The disease is an inherited blood disorder that can shorten a person’s life span by more than 30 years. It […]