Making a difference with a 10p tape measure
Bass Stewart • January 12, 2016
Two of us from EMR4DW leave to visit clinics in Bumwalukani and Matuwa on 23 January '16. In our luggage will be 50 of these tape measures. They measure mid-upper arm circumference in under 5s and are shown to be an excellent, but simple indicator of impending and established malnutrition. Weighing and measuring children in remote clinics can be arbitrary but these can easily be used by health care workers, where ever they are. If the reading is red or yellow, nutritional advice is needed and we shall be training staff to use them in areas where child mortality remains high. Details will then be recorded on the computer system to ensure proper follow up.
Listen to Bill talking about the charity
Dr Elizabeth and Mark Fowler are back in Uganda this week. Here they are with Henry Muwonge from Uganda UK Health Alliance at the British High Commission in Kampala. They had a positive meeting with Health Policy Officer Brenda Kabibi OutreachEMR look forward to exploring further potential partnerships with the BHC. Check facebook for more updates. https://uukha.org








