eMagazine January 2023
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OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Perspective<br />
Highlights<br />
Reflections<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Women’s Health Education<br />
Global Local<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who<br />
We Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Meanwhile, the staff, both medical and nonmedical, are friendly and ready to<br />
share knowledge and skills while also being open to learning. A range of services<br />
are available in the departments including outpatient, orthopedics, dental care,<br />
radiology, pediatrics, antenatal, maternal & childcare, physiotherapy, general<br />
and surgical services. Meanwhile, with over 50 patients being referred out every<br />
month approximately 40 km away to Kampala for CT scan services, the Board<br />
advised on improving radiology services through raising funds for the acquisition<br />
of the CT scan.<br />
Despite all this, various factors affected health service delivery at Naggalama,<br />
especially with the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects. This<br />
exacerbated the low-resourced healthcare inequality and further weakened the<br />
nation’s already-strained healthcare systems, leading to a reduction in patient<br />
numbers due to poverty, self-medication, and limited access to healthcare arising<br />
from lockdowns and consequent budget shortfalls. While still staggering to take<br />
momentum from the effects of COVID-19, fears of Ebola settled in. Naggalama<br />
has to-date not encountered any case of Ebola. However, the fears affected the<br />
remaining Global Health Elective student who had to be re-routed to India. It<br />
was a sad moment, yet understandable.<br />
We now face <strong>2023</strong> with hope and courage, and management will endeavor to<br />
embrace investment through CT scan services, service delivery expansion via a<br />
Stroke Rehabilitation Unit, digitalization through patients’ data upgrade, and<br />
strengthening of local and international partnerships. We continue to pray for<br />
guidance, good health, and renewal of our collaboration in <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and blessed New Year <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Welcome<br />
Congratulations<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Global Health Family<br />
Calendar<br />
Photo News<br />
Photo Gallery<br />
Resources<br />
Waiting for Spring (Rose Schwartz)<br />
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