After winning the Swiss Re grant for the Stre@mline project a few months ago, staff members from other hospitals will be trained on how to use the system at Kisiizi. Led by members of the Stre@mline team, the first workshop with Medical Superintendents and Hospital Insurance Scheme Managers from around the west of Uganda happened...
Kisiizi Hospital is like a beehive, full of projects. Over the past weeks, we mentioned the initiatives taken by the hospital to help their patients through health services (Ophthalmology & Laparoscopic surgery) and initiatives (Mother’s Waiting Home & measures to ensure patients’ safety during the rainy season). Today, we will explore the building projects at...
Kisiizi Hospital’s team is driven and resourceful, doing its best to bring the best possible health care to people living in southwest Uganda. Amongst their latest services are ophthalmology services and laparoscopic surgery, both launched this year. Ophthalmology services The comprehensive Eye Care project was launched at Kisiizi Hospital in July 2022. Two staff members were priorly...
Uganda's climate, despite being tropical, also has its rainy seasons, which are stable in some regions of the country. In others, not so much stable, unfortunately for the communities. Climate change deregulated seasons which induced shorter or longer rain seasons and more severe droughts, affecting not only the country's economy, but also harming the communities on...
It was the middle of the night when a mother to be arrived to Kisiizi’s hospital give birth to her child. She was coming from a remote village and the birthing was more complicated than expected. She died before arriving to the hospital. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 800 women die daily ‘due...
Kisiizi Hospital, a hospital of great importance to the WRBLO project and Streamline (a patient-centric integrated IT system developed in Kisiiizi) were the winners of the Swiss Re Foundation Entrepreneurial Awards for Resilience 2022. Launched in 2016, the Swiss Re Foundation Entrepreneurs for Resilience Award aims to support innovative businesses helping to build resilient societies and...
Kisiizi Hospital was founded in 1958 by Christian Missionary John Sharp. Located in Kisiizi City, Rukungiri District, Uganda, is a community hospital, affiliated with the Anglican Church of Uganda. The hospital continues to care for the most vulnerable and admits between 550 to 700 patients each month. Complementing its help to the community, Kisiizi Hospital has...
World Hunger Day started in 2011 and is observed on May 28 every year worldwide. The goal is to raise awareness about people living with chronic hunger. This day is extremely important to fight malnutrition around the world and its impact, mainly on children. The facts are that 811 million people don’t have enough food, 2.4...
WRBLO is a charitable organization that was founded in 2017, to help to combat extreme poverty. We put emphasis on health care support, supporting and developing local education, community development, promoting community cohesion and developing the economy of the region and local’s financial situation. We aim to help sub-Saharan African countries, particularly Uganda, where aid...