Medical Volunteer Program

Poverty is one of the largest obstacles facing the Ugandan community. This impacts education, supplies, and medical knowledge.

Volunteer with the Uganda Medical Volunteer Placement and assist in a region where you are needed. We are open to both medical students and professionals to assist with improving hygiene and sanitation, adolescent reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS, among other initiatives. You will aid our attempts to benefit rural communities through health care while decreasing incidences of endemic diseases and promoting health education and public health projects.

The responsibilities of volunteers depend on skills and background. You may be asked to help in the local health clinic by treating Syphilis, Tuberculosis, and malaria, some of the diseases most often found in Uganda. Registered paramedics, lab technicians, doctors, and nurses as well as those who have been trained to perform a medical technique can help with lab work, IV starts, injections, and diagnosing. Midwives and gynecologists will be asked to help with prenatal and antenatal care. Those with backgrounds in health can assist with recording immunizations and injections, dispensing medication, cleaning or painting, donations, and providing seminars on nutrition, nursing, or other subjects. Give lectures on HIV and methods of prevention as well as testing services, counseling, and home visits. V

Volunteers are asked to provide a copy of relevant medicate certificates and qualifications whe

Volunteers Accommodation
Volunteers will live in a homestay with a local family. Your fee will go to this family to support your full board and food. This is a great way for you to be immersed in the local lifestyle as you meet locals, eat tasty dishes, and participate in local customs. You will be placed with fellow volunteers in a shared private room. Homes are set up and chosen so that you have a mixture of comfort and excitement of exploring the new. Host families care for volunteers very well and you will also be able to bond with your one or two other volunteer roommates.

Volunteers Feeding
You will be given three meals each day, although other snacks will be at your own cost. Th

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