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Millions without care in Uganda

Map of UgandaThe Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a militia led by Joseph Kony, has been terrorizing northern Uganda since 1986. The rebel attacks have driven 1.5 million people from their homes and forced 25,000 children into conscription as child soldiers. The ongoing war has destroyed infrastructure, including the health care system, and left millions without access to critically needed care.

Our work in Uganda

In the wake of the landmark peace agreement between the Government of Uganda and paramilitary groups, two million internally displaced Ugandans have begun to return home to communities that have been ravaged by war and are lacking even the most basic services. Medical Teams International has established and maintained the Ogur Youth Information and Care Center (OYICC) to help internally displaced people rebuild communities, emphasizing HIV prevention, testing and treatment. Through the OYICC, Medical Teams International has made a commitment to providing social, medical and spiritual healing to a community suffering from an AIDS pandemic that went unchecked during decades of conflict.

From 2007 to 2011, the OYICC project has exceeded all expectations by mobilizing 65,000 young men and women in Ogur to participate in HIV prevention education. Through its youth-friendly HIV and AIDS counseling and testing, Medical Teams International has screened more than 24,000 youth, treated 1,623 youth for sexually transmitted infections, treated 3,137 youth for opportunistic infections and provided prevention of mother to child transmission and antenatal care to 5,416 pregnant young women. The facility attracts men and women from all over the Ogur sub-county because it has developed a reputation for being compassionate and having a highly trained staff. Clients come on foot and by bicycle from as far as 50 miles to receive care and to participate in OYICC’s activities.

Medical Teams International will operate six major initiatives in Uganda this year along with emergency response efforts in Southwestern Uganda. We will send three Emergency Medical Care teams and one dental team to support our projects. Our projects include:

  • Ogur Youth HIV Information and Care Center
  • Emergency Care Training of Nurses and First Responders
  • Refugee Emergency Health Response in Southwest Uganda
  • Pader Community-based Health Care Services
  • Child Survival in Lira Health District
  • Malaria Communities Project in Dokolo and Lira

More information about our work in Uganda is in the HIV and AIDS in Ogur County, Uganda report.

Our partners in Uganda

Hands to Heart International
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Lira District Health Office (Ministry of Health)
Mulago Hospital

Uganda facts

  • Uganda is a landlocked country inhibited by conflict and war
  • A variety of medical needs exist to which Medical Teams International is responding
  • During 2005-08, Medical Teams International implemented the emergency health care program that we began in 2004 in Lira, Apac, and Pader districts.
  • We deployed 45 volunteer medical teams to support this program.
  • Today:  Medical Teams International initiates HIV, malaria, and medical training projects. 

Please donate or volunteer to help save lives in Uganda.