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  • Elderly patients arrive at the gates of Bwindi Community hospital. The hospital is in the town of Buhoma on the edge of Bwindi Impenetrable forest. It serves approximately 60,000 people in the area. Buhoma is one of Uganda’s remotest towns, just 2 kilometres from the boarder with the Democratic Republic of Congo. It’s a four-hour drive to the nearest tarmac covered road.
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  • Goats play on a recently chopped down tree by a man from Buhoma Village on the edge of Bwindi Impenetrable forest, in Uganda. He axed the tree down by hand to do some building work on his home. It takes him an hour before it falls.
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  • Looking out across the valley of the Bwindi community and Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. The Bwindi Community Hospital is based in Buhoma and serves approximately 250,000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • Nurse Agnes and fellow colleges from Bwindi Community Hospital give a demonstration of how to use a mosquito net during an outreach clinic in Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district. Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
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  • Magret with baby Carolyne (1 year old) Women from Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district, wait with their children to attend the Bwindi Community Hospital outreach clinic. The mothers and children receive nutrition information and vaccinations from the hospital nurse.  Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
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  • Managing the drug store in a converted shipping container at the Bwindi Community Hospital in the village of Buhoma, Uganda.  The Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma Village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60 000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • Baby Shemeririwe is only 5 days old. She was premature, born at 30 weeks term. Her mother stays with her in the neo-natal unit at Bwindi Community hospital, Uganda. She is about to have a cannula fitted so she can receive Dextra that will help with her early development. Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-1858.jpg
  • At Nyamiyaga primary school the Bwindi Community Hospital run health outreach programs. Reverend Sam, Head of Community Health, works on a sight test game with the children. As part of the outreach programme they cover 32 primary schools and 5 secondary schools in the region as well as many communities. The main Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • A boy from the Buhoma village in Uganda watches over his goats.
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  • A man from Buhoma Village on the edge of Bwindi Impenetrable forest, Uganda. He’s axing a tree down by hand to do some building work on his home. It takes him an hour before it falls.
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  • The farmland around the village of Buhoma, Uganda.
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  • One of the outreach clinic vehicles being loaded from the Bwindi Community Hospital.  As part of the outreach programme they cover 32 primary schools and 5 secondary schools in the region as well as many communities. The main Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-3370.jpg
  • Women from Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district, wait with their children to attend the Bwindi Community Hospital outreach clinic. The mothers and children receive nutrition information and vaccinations from the hospital nurse.  Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
    11-bwindi-2938.jpg
  • Women from Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district, wait with their children to attend the Bwindi Community Hospital outreach clinic. The mothers and children receive nutrition information and vaccinations from the hospital nurse.  Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
    11-bwindi-2882.jpg
  • Bwindi Community Hospital medical staff run an out reach clinic in Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district. As well as nutrition and vaccination programs they also monitor all the babies health. Rev Sam head of the Bwindi Community Hospital outreach program weighs each of the children attending. The Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
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  • A free condom box available to everyone outside the Bwindi Community Hospital. The hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60 000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • Baby Shemeririwe is only 5 days old. She was premature, born at 30 weeks term. Her mother stays with her in the neo-natal unit at Bwindi Community hospital, Uganda. She is about to have a cannula fitted so she can receive Dextra that will help with her early development.Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-1876.jpg
  • Brenda with her 3-week-old baby using the neo natal facilities at Bwindi Community Hospital.  Her baby was born was 7 weeks premature, due to the carefully planned facilities there is a high chance of survival for all premature babies born at the hospital. <br />
Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • A young goat herder from the Buhoma village in Uganda watches over his goats.
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  • Andrew Kaggwa the community nurse from Bwindi Community Hospital leads a health education and nutrition training session with classes P 3,4,5,6,7 at Nyamiyaga primary school. As part of the outreach programme they cover 32 primary schools and 5 secondary schools in the region as well as many communities. The main Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • Nurse Agnes from the Bwindi Community Hospital administers a measles vaccination during a Polio and Measles vaccination program for newborn children in the community. The outreach clinic is in Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district.  Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
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  • Allen with baby Babra (2 months old). Women from Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district, wait with their children to attend the Bwindi Community Hospital outreach clinic. The mothers and children receive nutrition information and vaccinations from the hospital nurse.  Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
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  • HIV –1/2 .HIV blood sample testing tabs at the Voluntary Counselling and Testing Clinic at the Bwindi Community Hospital. The hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60 000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • One of the outreach clinic vehicles from the Bwindi Community Hospital.  As part of the outreach programme they cover 32 primary schools and 5 secondary schools in the region as well as many communities. The main Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-3143.jpg
  • Women from Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district, wait with their children to attend the Bwindi Community Hospital outreach clinic. The mothers and children receive nutrition information and vaccinations from the hospital nurse.  Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
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  • Looking through the mist towards Bwindi Impenetrable Forest from the Buhoma village in Uganda.
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  • A girl at Nyamiyaga primary school plays a hearing test game run by Reverend Sam. Bwindi Community Hospital run health outreach programs covering 32 primary schools and 5 secondary schools in the region as well as many communities. The main Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-3565.jpg
  • Andrew Kaggwa the community nurse from Bwindi Community Hospital leads a health education and nutrition training session with classes P 3,4,5,6,7 at Nyamiyaga primary school. As part of the outreach programme they cover 32 primary schools and 5 secondary schools in the region as well as many communities. The main Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-3438.jpg
  • Women from Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district, wait with their children to attend the Bwindi Community Hospital outreach clinic. The mothers and children receive nutrition information and vaccinations from the hospital nurse.  Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
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  • Patients line up outside the daily walk-in clinic at the Bwindi Community Hospital in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • A patient is having a hernia corrected in the operating theatre at Bwindi Community Hospital, Buhoma on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in South-Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.0,000 people from the surrounding area.0,000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • At Nyamiyaga primary school the head teachers leads the children to a health outreach program run by Bwindi Community Hospital.  As part of the outreach programme they cover 32 primary schools and 5 secondary schools in the region as well as many communities. The main Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-3415.jpg
  • Women from Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district, wait with their children to attend the Bwindi Community Hospital outreach clinic. The mothers and children receive nutrition information and vaccinations from the hospital nurse.  Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
    11-bwindi-2884.jpg
  • Bwindi Community Hospital medical staff run an out reach clinic in Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district. As well as nutrition and vaccination programs they also monitor all the babies health. Rev Sam head of the Bwindi Community Hospital outreach program weighs each of the children attending. The Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
    11-bwindi-2770.jpg
  • Scovia with baby Deus (2 weeks old). Women from Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district, wait with their children to attend the Bwindi Community Hospital outreach clinic. The mothers and children receive nutrition information and vaccinations from the hospital nurse.  Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
    11-bwindi-2491.jpg
  • Penninab with baby Maximo (2 months) Women from Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district, wait with their children to attend the Bwindi Community Hospital outreach clinic. The mothers and children receive nutrition information and vaccinations from the hospital nurse.  Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
    11-bwindi-2411.jpg
  • A HIV counsellor talks to a patient at the Voluntary Counselling and Testing clinic for HIV and TB at the Bwindi Community Hospital.  The hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60 000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • The Bwindi Community Hospital in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60 000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • Nurse Christine Happy sits with a young patient at Bwindi Community Hospital. 4-year-old Junior had surgery to remove an abyss from his chest and is now recovering in the children’s ward. Standards of patient care and cleanliness at the hospital are extremely high. The Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma Village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • Nurse Christine Happy walks through the children’s ward checking on patients at Bwindi Community hospital, Uganda. Standards of patient care and cleanliness at the hospital are extremely high. The Bwindi Community Hospital in Buhoma village is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-1970.jpg
  • Baby Shemeririwe is only 5 days old. She was premature, born at 30 weeks term. Her mother stays with her in the neo-natal unit at Bwindi Community hospital, Uganda. She is about to have a cannula fitted so she can receive Dextra that will help with her early development.Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-1885.jpg
  • Dr Scott Kellerman, one of the founders of the Bwindi Community Hospital in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.  It was originally set up to support the Batwa community after they were evicted from the Bwindi National Park in a move to help save the mountain gorilla.
    11-bwindi-1780.jpg
  • Women from Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district, wait with their children to attend the Bwindi Community Hospital outreach clinic. The mothers and children receive nutrition information and vaccinations from the hospital nurse.  Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
    11-bwindi-2914.jpg
  • Blood samples of patients at the Bwindi Community Hospital.  These samples are from the Voluntary Counselling and Testing Clinic for HIV and TB. The hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60 000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-2129.jpg
  • A patient is having a hernia corrected in the operating theatre at Bwindi Community Hospital, Buhoma on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in South-Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-batwa-5493.jpg
  • One of the outreach clinic vehicles being loaded from the Bwindi Community Hospital.  As part of the outreach programme they cover 32 primary schools and 5 secondary schools in the region as well as many communities. The main Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-3366.jpg
  • Baby Shemeririwe is only 5 days old. She was premature, born at 30 weeks term. Her mother stays with her in the neo-natal unit at Bwindi Community hospital, Uganda. She is having a cannula fitted so she can receive Dextra that will help with her early development. Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-1926.jpg
  • At Nyamiyaga primary school the head teachers leads the children to a health outreach program run by Bwindi Community Hospital.  As part of the outreach programme they cover 32 primary schools and 5 secondary schools in the region as well as many communities. The main Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-3422.jpg
  • Women from Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district, wait with their children to attend the Bwindi Community Hospital outreach clinic. The mothers and children receive nutrition information and vaccinations from the hospital nurse.  Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
    11-bwindi-2519.jpg
  • 4-year-old Junior has had surgery to remove an abyss from his chest and is now recovering in the children’s ward of Bwindi Community Hospital. Standards of patient care and cleanliness at the hospital are extremely high. The Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma Village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-2003.jpg
  • A patient is having a hernia corrected in the operating theatre at Bwindi Community Hospital, Buhoma on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in South-Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.0,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-batwa-5495.jpg
  • A man from Buhoma Village on the edge of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda axes a tree down to do some building work on his home. It takes him an hour before it falls.
    Man-chopping-tree-0648_1.jpg
  • Andrew Kaggwa the community nurse from Bwindi Community Hospital leads a health education and nutrition training session with classes P 3,4,5,6,7 at Nyamiyaga primary school. As part of the outreach programme they cover 32 primary schools and 5 secondary schools in the region as well as many communities. The main Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-3450.jpg
  • Blood samples being examined under a microscope for HIV and TB at the Bwindi Community Hospital.  These samples are from the Voluntary Counselling and Testing Clinic for HIV and TB. The hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60 000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-2145.jpg
  • Registration records are checked for the eQuality Health Bwindi scheme. All members have the chance to subscribe to the hospital scheme at a cost of UGX 6000 (USD3) per year. Enabling them to gain access to all the benefits of the hospital. Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-1753.jpg
  • Nurse Agnes and fellow colleges from Bwindi Community Hospital give a demonstration of how to use a mosquito net during an outreach clinic in Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district. Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
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  • A man walks across the school football pitch after floods in the village of Buhoma, Uganda.
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  • Children at Nyamiyaga primary school where the Bwindi Community Hospital run health outreach programs.  At the end of the visit the children are waving them off. As part of the outreach programme they cover 32 primary schools and 5 secondary schools in the region as well as many communities. The main Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • All the school children at Nyamiyaga Primary School. At the school the Bwindi Community Hospital run health outreach programs. As part of the outreach programme they cover 32 primary schools and 5 secondary schools in the region as well as many communities. The main Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-3704.jpg
  • Andrew Kaggwa the community nurse from Bwindi community hospital gives nutritional advice to women from Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district The mothers and children also receive vaccinations from the hospital nurse.  Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
    11-bwindi-2541.jpg
  • Scovia with baby Ronald (1 year old)  Women from Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district, wait with their children to attend the Bwindi Community Hospital outreach clinic. The mothers and children receive nutrition information and vaccinations from the hospital nurse.  Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
    11-bwindi-2439.jpg
  • Hanipha is an expectant mother staying in the hostel for expectant mothers in the grounds of Bwindi Community Hospital. Most pregnant women in the area have to travel long distances to get to the hospital for their births and this can cause complications. The staff at the hospital felt this was a very useful addition to the hospital and it also means they can be monitored in the late stages of pregnancy. The Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma Village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-2081.jpg
  • Baby Shemeririwe is only 5 days old. She was premature, born at 30 weeks term. Her mother stays with her in the neo-natal unit at Bwindi Community hospital, Uganda. She is about to have a cannula fitted so she can receive Dextra that will help with her early development. Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • A picture of Barak Obama, the President of the United States, on a man’s belt buckle in the village of Buhoma, Uganda.
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  • Children at Nyamiyaga primary school where the Bwindi Community Hospital run health outreach programs.  At the end of the visit the children are waving them off. As part of the outreach programme they cover 32 primary schools and 5 secondary schools in the region as well as many communities. The main Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-3690.jpg
  • Nurse Agnes from the Bwindi Community Hospital administers a Polio vaccination during a Polio and Measles vaccination program for newborn children in the community. The outreach clinic is in Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district.  Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
    11-bwindi-2949.jpg
  • Women from Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district, wait with their children to attend the Bwindi Community Hospital outreach clinic. The mothers and children receive nutrition information and vaccinations from the hospital nurse.  Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
    11-bwindi-2927.jpg
  • Andrew Kaggwa the community nurse from Bwindi community hospital gives nutritional advice to women from Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district The mothers and children also receive vaccinations from the hospital nurse.  Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
    11-bwindi-2555.jpg
  • Registration records are checked for the eQuality Health Bwindi scheme. All members have the chance to subscribe to the hospital scheme at a cost of UGX 6000 (USD3) per year. Enabling them to gain access to all the benefits of the hospital. Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-2179.jpg
  • Blood samples being examined under a microscope for HIV and TB at the Bwindi Community Hospital.  These samples are from the Voluntary Counselling and Testing Clinic for HIV and TB. The hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60 000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-2136.jpg
  • The Bwindi Community Hospital in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-1714.jpg
  • Staff at the Bwindi Community Hospital receive training from Dr Dan del Porto, a visiting doctor from the United States of America.  The hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60 000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-1681.jpg
  • Hospital staff play volleyball after a busy day at Bwindi Community Hospital in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in South-Western Uganda. It serves around 60 000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • The Bwindi Community Hospital in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-batwa-5483.jpg
  • At Nyamiyaga primary school the Bwindi Community Hospital run health outreach programs. Reverend Sam, Head of Community Health works on a sight test game with the children. As part of the outreach programme they cover 32 primary schools and 5 secondary schools in the region as well as many communities. The main Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-3493.jpg
  • Bwindi Community Hospital medical staff run an out reach clinic in Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district. As well as nutrition and vaccination programs they also monitor all the babies health. Rev Sam head of the Bwindi Community Hospital outreach program weighs each of the children attending. The Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
    11-bwindi-2854.jpg
  • Andrew Kaggwa the community nurse from Bwindi community hospital gives nutritional advice to women from Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district The mothers and children also receive vaccinations from the hospital nurse.  Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
    11-bwindi-2722.jpg
  • Hanipha, Cathy and Sylvie are all expectant mothers staying in the hostel for expectant mothers in the grounds of Bwindi Community Hospital. Most pregnant women in the area have to travel long distances to get to the hospital for their births and this can cause complications. The staff at the hospital felt this was a very useful addition to the hospital and it also means they can be monitored in the late stages of pregnancy. The Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma Village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60 000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-2065.jpg
  • Nurse Christine Happy mixes food in the kitchen of the children’s ward at the Bwindi Community hospital, Uganda. Standards of patient care and cleanliness at the hospital are extremely high. The Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma Village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60 000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-2031.jpg
  • Brenda with her 3-week-old baby using the neo natal facilities at Bwindi Community Hospital.  Her baby was born was 7 weeks premature, due to the carefully planned facilities there is a high chance of survival for all premature babies born at the hospital. Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
    11-bwindi-1954.jpg
  • Patients line up and wait to see one of the doctors at Bwindi Community Hospital. The drop in clinic for the community runs every morning.  Doctors see patients suffering from a wide variety of health problems; malaria and malnutrition are very common.  The young girl sleeping while she waits with her mother has malaria. The Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • Tea growing on the farmland around the village of Buhoma, Uganda
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  • Women from Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district, wait with their children to attend the Bwindi Community Hospital outreach clinic. The mothers and children receive nutrition information and vaccinations from the hospital nurse.  Bwindi Community Hospital provides different outreach clinics everyday for the surrounding area around Buhoma. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
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  • Nurse Agnes from Bwindi Community Hospital prepares a vaccination during the out reach clinic in Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district.  She administers Polio and measles vaccinations to newborn children in the community. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
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  • Bwindi Community hospital medical staff run an out reach clinic in Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district. After a 2-hour drive and a 2km trek the team arrives in the village to administer child check ups and run a vaccination program. It is18 km to nearest health centre and 40 km to the nearest hospital.  The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
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  • Nurse Agnes from Bwindi Community Hospital prepares a vaccination during the out reach clinic in Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district.  She administers Polio and measles vaccinations to newborn children in the community. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
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  • Women line up to vaccinate their children. Bwindi Community hospital medical staff run an out reach clinic in Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district. As well as nutrition and vaccination programs they also monitor all the babies health.
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  • A view during a stormy day over the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda.
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  • Nurse Agnes from Bwindi Community hospital prepares and administer the vaccination program during the out reach clinic in Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district.  She administers Polio and measles vaccinations to newborn children in the community.
    11-bwindi-2958.jpg
  • Nurse Agnes from Bwindi Community hospital prepares and administer the vaccination program during the out reach clinic in Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district.  She administers Polio and measles vaccinations to newborn children in the community.
    11-bwindi-3025.jpg
  • Bwindi Community hospital medical staff run an out reach clinic in Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district. After a 2-hour drive and a 2km trek the team arrives in the village to administer child check ups and run a vaccination program. It is18 km to nearest health centre and 40 km to the nearest hospital.  The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
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  • Deus a 2 weeks  old baby sleeps whilst waiting with her mother. Women from Kitahurira, the only Batwa tribe settlement in Mpungu district, wait with their children to attend the community out reach clinic. Bwindi Community Hospital provides several clinics every day in the local area. The mothers and children receive nutrition information and vaccinations from the hospital nurse. The Mpungu district is on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western Uganda.
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  • At Nyamiyaga primary school the Bwindi Community Hospital run health outreach programs. Reverend Sam, Head of Community Health, works on a nutrition game with the children. As part of the outreach programme they cover 32 primary schools and 5 secondary schools in the region as well as many communities. The main Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • At Nyamiyaga primary school the Bwindi Community Hospital run health outreach programs. Reverend Sam, Head of Community Health, works on a nutrition game with the children. As part of the outreach programme they cover 32 primary schools and 5 secondary schools in the region as well as many communities. The main Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.0,000 people from the surrounding area.0,000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • At Nyamiyaga primary school the Bwindi Community Hospital run health outreach programs. Reverend Sam, Head of Community Health, works on a nutrition game with the children. As part of the outreach programme they cover 32 primary schools and 5 secondary schools in the region as well as many communities. The main Bwindi Community Hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.0,000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • Instructions for how to mix baby milk formula on the maternity ward of the Bwindi Community Hospital.  The hospital is in Buhoma village on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Western Uganda. It serves around 60,000 people from the surrounding area.
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  • The border of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and national park and with farmland in Uganda.
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  • Locals from the Batwa tribe community gather with the family around the coffin for the funeral of Matale, a local woman who died of cancer.
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  • Children from one of the local Batwa tribal community gather for the funeral Matale, a local woman.
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  • Locals from the community gather with others from the Batwa tribe and the family for the funeral of Matale, a local woman who died of cancer. Her coffin is carried to the hole dug in the family garden where it is buried.
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