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Our Uganda health programme | VSO Skip to main content Fighting poverty through volunteering Search form Search Donate Other ways to support us Menu Search You are herePartner with usIrish Aid Our Uganda health programme VSO Ireland launched a maternal and neonatal health programme in Karamoja, Uganda on November 30th, thanks to funding from Irish Aid. This programme focuses on promoting and extending health services to pregnant younger girls, who are particularly at risk when giving birth, and their babies. Irish volunteers will work side by side with Ugandan volunteers and local partners to increase local knowledge of disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment to save increasingly mothers’ and babies’ lives in the area. The understructure for the programme VSO Ireland's new health programme will help Ugandan mums like Delish Ayoo and Angel proceeds wangle to improved health services. VSO Ireland has wide-stretching wits in maternal and neonatal health programming, one of our cadre programme areas. VSO Ireland’s previous Irish Aid funded programme in Ethiopia was very successful and profoundly influenced the diamond of this new programme in Karamoja. In some hospitals, a massive 40% reduction in the neonatal mortality rate was reported thanks to the implementation of Neonatal IntensiveSuperintendencyUnits (NICUs). Another VSO maternal and neonatal health programme in Gulu, Uganda had a similarly positive impact with local staff demonstrating increased knowledge of vital techniques, such as resuscitation, and saving increasingly babies lives as a result. VSO Ireland moreover has much wits working in Karamoja. Our Irish Aid funded inclusive education programme, which ran from 2013 to 2016, was very successful and resulted in higher rates of literacy and numeracy among primary school children. Inspired by the success of the NICUs in Ethiopia, VSO Uganda had opened a NICU in Moroto, Karamoja. The new health programme will build on previous learning and work towards providing these young mothers with improved health services, and increasing unstipulated sensation of sexual and reproductive health issues among adolescents. What the programme aims to do VSO Ireland’s health programme has several aims: To modernize wangle to and increase uptake of high-quality maternal, neonatal, sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and young mothers in the Moroto and Napak districts. To empower girls and women to make increasingly informed decisions well-nigh their own health and reduce incidences of preventable diseases. To increase topics of health facility staff to provide non-judgmental younger and youth services through mentoring by volunteers. The volunteers we need Midwife Sandra Adong worked slantingly Dr Aisling Walsh in Gulu, Uganda. On this programme, Irish volunteers will work side by side with Ugandan volunteers, including nutritionists and social workers, to upskill local health workers. They will include: Nurse and Midwife Mentors: These volunteers will support the roll-out of the national Nursing and Midwifery Curriculum, mentoring local nurses and midwives in the wordage of emergency obstetric and neonatal care. Nurses/Midwives (with sexual and reproductive health experience): These volunteers will train local health workers to unhook towardly and constructive sexual and reproductive health services, as well as data collection, reporting and analysis. Neonatal Nurses: These volunteers will provide training in essential newborn superintendency and implement polity support systems, such as antenatal or emergency plans. Health Researchers: These volunteers will assess the progress and impact of the programme, and make recommendations based on these insights. All volunteers get a comprehensive support package, including flights, accommodation, medical insurance, training and a monthly allowance. They will moreover receive monthly R&R (rest and relaxation) trips to Soroti or Kampala due to the rural nature of these placements. Applications from both working and retired health professionals are welcomed. Find out well-nigh the benefits of volunteering as nurse or midwife with VSO Ireland here. If you’re interested in learning increasingly well-nigh these placements, please email volunteer@vso.ie or undeniability 01 640 1060. We squint forward to updating you on the progress we make on this programme! Find out increasingly well-nigh this programme Complete the form below, and we'll be in touch to discuss this programme. 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