Thank you Haukeland Hospital
A big thank you to Haukeland hospital in Bergen, Norway for the used microscope we have inherited from them. It will be very useful in our clinic: Kabizzi Community Health...
Category: Health
Master’s thesis – Center for International Health at UiB
Nyenga wants to be a center for competence development and exchange. Now the first master’s thesis with fieldwork from the area has been published. The student is affiliated to the Center for...
Summary of last year
A summary of 2020: Considerations at the turn of the year. In April last year, we wrote that 2020 looked to be an annus horibilis. Nothing would go as planned, everything was...
COMMUNITY HEALTH INSURANCE IMPLEMENTATION
From 12th October to 15th October 2020, the Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau (UPMB) conducted a 4-day training on Community Health Insurance (CHI) at Nyenga Foundation. The trainer was Ms Christine Makobole from...
Corona update
The year that started so well seems to be an “annus horribilis”. The Corona virus has come to Uganda and the authorities have introduced lock down of the community. Everyone at Nyenga...
Field work at Nyenga
Andrea Svarstad has just finished field work at Nyenga. Below she shares some reflections that she wrote on march 22, the world’s water day. Quite sobering, knowing that Nyenga has relatively easy...
Dentist student visit to Nyenga
Hannah, a Norwegian Ugandan girl, is studying to be a dentist in Bergen, and she has long been an active Nyenga friend. In July she was in Uganda and was also given...
Engineers Without Borders at Nyenga: Is the water safe to drink?
Engineers Marte, Richard and Mats visited Nyenga during a mission with Engineers Without Borders Norway. While at Nyenga, they also investigated the quality of the water in the area.
Health camp
Nyenga’s health center arranged a health camp in March. Close to 400 patients attended the two-day camp.
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