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The #WISHStudy team has been exploring access to health services for women with disabilities in the Kampala metropolitan area. The research team gathered insights to improve health outcomes & promote inclusivity. Together, we can make a difference. #AtTheEquatorUG @CatrionaWaitt

@Mkainerugaba_ May the Holly spirit touch you , to do the right thing, remember Jesus was. Crusfied and he rose on the third day, could you imagine how his enemies felt?

Kabobi is our boxing match still on?

Registration is open for #DigitalHealthAfrica2025: digitalhealthafrica.org/register/ Postdoctoral pharmacokinetic modeller @fwojara explains why this is a unique conference bringing together different sites to discuss digital advances as applied to maternal & child health. #AtTheEquatorUG

It is really important for a team to take time for strategic thinking and prioritisation, and the #MILK #AtTheEquator team are reflecting on our recent SWOT analysis. We will leave with specific action points for the next quarter.

The Women's Inclusive Services for Health (WISH) study protocol training. The participants include the study team and representatives from the @IDIMakerere regulatory and monitory units #WISH #AtTheEquatorUG

@CatrionaWaitt @abimerriel @akambugu @SeniorCymo @SemakulaRitah @JacquelineKyey1 @stonekamoga @Jo_ClinPharmcst @NUDIPU @DisabMediaUG @MagoolaJohnson The #WISHStudy coordinator Ritah Nakijoba shares the study background and the objectives of the protocol training emphasizing that the study will help identify the physical, communication, & attitudinal barriers that prevent women with disabilities from accessing health services.

In her opening remarks, Prof @CatrionaWaitt the #WISH study Principal Investigator noted that the study will help fill knowledge gaps on the health needs and experiences of women with disabilities, informing future research and policy initiatives.

This International Women's Day, let us #AccelerateAction towards equity, inclusion and empowerment of all women. Together, we can create a future where every woman's voice is heard and valued. #IWD2025 #AtTheEquatorUG Video 👇 youtu.be/VGUznLasEas

@CatrionaWaitt @LivUniEngageHLS @IDIMakerere @LivUniHLS @At_The_EQUATOR @fwojara @SeniorCymo @JacquelineKyey1 @BritPharmSoc @AcutePete It is a great opportunity to disseminate these findings that represent the feelings and views of different communities in Uganda. Welldone team #AtTheEquotorUG

#LanguageMatters and so we explored the use of simple, clear, accurate, respectful terminology to use in research among pregnant and breastfeeding women in 6 Ugandan languages, using a participatory approach. Full paper here: frontiersin.org/journals/commu… Funding @LivUniEngageHLS

@AMPERIIZEMATHI2 @SC_Jabulani @Makerere @emma_balinda @MakSPH @DavidMusoke14 @amajojo_ @LNuwabaine @FGilbert_ @SolomonWafula24 @cssemugabo8 Conguratulations brother !

14/01/2024. Degree of Master of Public Health (MPH) , Makerere University. Much appreciation to all that played a role throughout this incredible journey. #MPH #PublicHealth

@CapitalFMUganda Interprete that communication wisely

My name is Keith. I have a very good female friend. We have known eachother for a while & share our problems with eachother. Recently, she asked me for a favour. She wants me to help her conceive & promises that this child will completely be her responsibility. She wants a child for herself & will not bother me with anything after. I really want to help her but I am worried I might get trapped in all this. I want to help a friend but still not sure. Do you think I should do it? #LetsTalkWith @consolaten

@CarolPrim3 Indeed, this Young man is old enough to notice the right and wrong thing , besides he calls for social accountability for his father's health issues

Never assume that the mother taught the child to hate you. A child can notice a father who doesn't want to be involved in their life. Stop the nonsense of always thinking that mothers poison their kids against you. Children have feelings and read actions.🥹🤦🏾‍♀️

@KagutaMuseveni My vision is for our dear religious leaders to extend to build schools and health care sites attached to the synagogues, copying a leaf from the Catholic church

Congratulations to Prophet Kakande and his church on the construction of a magnificent worship centre. The freedom of worship was a complex matter perpetrated by politics of sectarianism based on religion and tribe, and this had affected the broader national unity, wealth, and development. We rejected all that. In the NRM, we didn’t concern ourselves with which religion, tribe, or race you belonged to. When we came into power, we made it clear that it was not the government's role to judge which religion was right or wrong. That responsibility belongs to God, not to the government. I, therefore, congratulate them once again and wish them good Luck!

@LNuwabaine @AsterGuardians @Mkainerugaba_ @KKariisa @nbstv @MugaluNathan @Rachealkyy @Mukulaa @KagutaMuseveni @MinofHealthUG @Parliament_Ug @SimonKaggwaNjal @AnitahAmong @AKasingye Welldone Lilian, well articulate response

In a great way, you can shake the world, says Mahatma Gandhi Nurses&Midwives off the Menu 2 table to discuss research&its implications🫡 Humbled 2 carry 🇺🇬 flag to the 🌎 at @AsterGuardians Global Nursing Award 2024 youtube.com/live/QRWKGF7zW… @Mkainerugaba_ @KKariisa

Misusing antibiotics puts every one at risk, use antibiotics ONLY when prescribed, Together, we can curb#AMR and save millions of lives! #@MILK study @At_The_EQUATOR twitter.com/Jo_ClinPharmcs…

@LNuwabaine @AsterGuardians @MinofHealthUG @JaneRuth_Aceng @DianaAtwine @rkalyes1 @francis_isano @ainbyoo @Nabukeerawinni4 @NutritionistKD @nbstv @KagutaMuseveni @NewtonAllan6 I have no doubt, I have cast my vote

*IT’S NOT OVER UNTIL IT’S DONE* 🤞 *Cast a vote 4 me, Lilian Nuwabaine; the one and only Ugandan 🇺🇬 & only female Nurse in Africa representing @AsterGuardians Global Nursing Award 2024 Voting Link: apply.asterguardians.com/voting Voting lines close: Monday; 18th Nov 2024 @MinofHealthUG

Happening now at IDI Mulago as the the lead investigator of the MILK studies Prof Catriona giving a talk on medication management and ethical considerations in pregnancy and breastfeeding to Nurses from different healthcare sites. # @At TheEquator #@MILK studies

@batenkss It's sad that majority of Ugandans listen to the scammers other than taking the real doctors advice, there's need to regulate such acts, and they have contributed greatly to irrational drug use.

HOW SCAMMERS USE PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS TO SCAM PEOPLE. One day in my village a man came on radio and had a program on how he had brought medicines from North Korea capable of curing several illness including back pain. My aunt with osteoarthritis was so convinced by the man's talk show and she was impatient for the morning to rash and see the man at the place he had promised to see his clients. He also announced how he had a machine that could check all body systems. On reaching there her history was taken and made to step on the machine which they told her that all her bones were rotten. She was then given tablets not in their real packaging and sent home. It turned out that the drugs were Dynapar (Diclofeanac/paracetamol) and calcium. She paid 250,000/-.....drugs that could not cost more than 5000/- OF COURSE she felt somehow well because she was given a pain killer. There is a lot of scaming in medical field but everyone is quiet. Maybe some authorities are benefiting from it.

It was crucial to tackle misinformation among breastfeeding women at Kawaala health center IV regarding Medicine storage, practices, self prescribing and using old medicines. Women are eager to learn but often don't ask healthcare providers the essential questions. #AtThe Equator