May 21, 2022
Eight and a half months have passed and by now we feel at home in
is an Israeli public association established in 2005, operating as one of the three Topaz International divisions. Topaz International is a global dynamic social change movement that initiates and incorporates Israeli and International Social Change enterprises and movements. Topaz International engages passionate social entrepreneurs, activists and social leaders, working in the Israeli social field and in the international development arena since 2000. In the past twenty years, Topaz International advanced over sixty creative new initiatives.
The project is based in "Kiboga" District hospital, located in one of the poorest districts in Uganda, 120km northwest of the capital city of Kampala. Kiboga District Hospital is a small government hospital, providing medical services to a population of around 400,000 people. The hospital has 120 admission beds, as well as an outpatient clinic,
all run by a staff consisting only of 4 doctors, with no additional doctors working in the community.
Israeli Medicine on the Equator – IME. The program has been operating since 2005 in the Kiboga district, one of the poorest districts in Uganda, located 120 km northwest of the capital city Kampala. IME is based on voluntary medical teams, typically a group of three to four doctors and nurses who have undergone training and are volunteering for approximately three months or more.
“Israeli Medicine on the Equator” strives to develop a healthy and knowledgeable society equipped with the tools to reduce the burden of typical tropical diseases, advance preventable NCDs, and improve treatment and quality of life for people living with NCDs. We are on a mission to enhance health, medical performance, and sustainability in the Kiboga regional and other rural areas in Uganda and elsewhere in Africa. Thus by introducing a replicable model based on Israeli knowledge and expertise.
Eight and a half months have passed and by now we feel at home in
Generally speaking It’s been six months since we arrived in Uganda. Time flies… After getting
In our last post we told you about our bureaucratic struggles, the long and tedious
