{"id":8709,"date":"2019-03-18T11:59:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T08:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=8709"},"modified":"2019-03-18T11:59:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T08:59:30","slug":"over-600-banda-residents-get-imf-free-medical-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/18\/over-600-banda-residents-get-imf-free-medical-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 600 Banda Residents Get IMF Free Medical Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over 600 residents of Banda a Kampala suburb received free medical treatment and services to different health challenges courtesy of the International Medical Foundation, a charity organization under the International Medical Group aimed at improving individual well being among disadvantaged communities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The all-day fair conducted in\npartnership Apar Foundation, Uganda Sickle cell rescue foundation and Reproductive\nhealth Uganda aimed at providing access to free medical services to residents,\nencouraging wellness through regular medical check-ups and reducing the number\nof individuals who die of treatable disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prudence Asobola, the project coordinator of IMF, said the largest population of residents living within the Acholi quarters community are women and children who has minimum or no access to basic healthcare services.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding that \u201cthe nearby health facilities are either expensive or do not have the capacity to provide basic health check-ups, general treatment and cancer screening which is a threat to human live\u201d Asobola said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asobola further noted \u201c We are providing a number of medical services which included; HIV and Hepatitis B screening, Dental and eye checkups, Cervical and breast cancer screenings, testing for malaria, blood pressure, Family planning consultations, general education on disease prevention and management, Onsite general treatment for common illnesses  According to Shantel Patel, the Chief Executive Officer of Apar Foundation said, research has shown that many children in the community are suffering from malnutrition a result of poor nutrition, tooth decay and other children related diseases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is due to these health challenges that we decided to partner with IMF so as to boost nutrition and ensure children in this area has access to basic treatment such as: deworming, teeth, eyes and nose treatment\u201d Shantel emphasized. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 600 residents of Banda a Kampala suburb received free medical treatment and services to different health challenges courtesy of the International Medical Foundation, a charity organization under the International Medical Group aimed at improving individual well being among disadvantaged communities The all-day fair conducted in partnership Apar Foundation, Uganda Sickle cell rescue foundation and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":8710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[467,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-love-relationships"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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