This document discusses health statistics comparing Australia and Uganda and summarizes a past medical outreach trip to Uganda in 2013. It provides tips from the 2013 trip and outlines plans for another medical outreach trip to Uganda in January 2015. The 2015 trip will involve performing medical testing at the Suubi Center and other outreach centers, including tests from 2013 as well as testing for H. Pylori. It will also include touring Mulago Hospital in Kampala and an African safari. Contact information is provided for anyone with questions or interested in the 2015 trip.
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≒Reflections upon 2013
≒Plans for 2014/15
Uganda: A Nation
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Uganda: a Health Perspective
Health
Parameter
Australia
Uganda
Total
popula.on
22,605,000
34,509,000
Gross
na.onal
income
per
capita
$38,110
$1,310
Life
expectancy
at
birth
(years)
82
56
Probability
of
dying
under
鍖ve
(per
1000
live
births)
5
90
Total
fer.lity
rate
(per
woman)
2
6.1
Maternal
mortality
ra.o
(per
100,000
live
births)
7
310
Prevalence
of
TB
(per
100,000
popula.on)
7.6
183
Prevalence
of
HIV
(per
100,000
popula.on)
99
4030
Prevalence
of
malaria
(per
100,000
popula.on)
Unrecorded
28,921
2013 Uganda Trip
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2014/15 Uganda Trip
Tips from 2013
Plan for extra time
Mosquito spray
Buy lunch
Order water
Write letters
Training session
Get receipts
Communicate
Plans
January 2015
Medical Testing @ Suubi & more
outreach centers
Same tests as 2013 + H. Pylori
African Safari
Mulago (Kampala) Hospital Tour
Questions/Interested
slmal3@student.monash.edu