MEDICAL Despite the challenges in 2020, our medical team went above and beyond to keep our Watoto family healthy and safe. Our doctors and nurses collaborated with people in other departments to form a COVID-19 response taskforce. Together, they implemented and monitored preventative strategies against the virus, as set by the Ministry of Health in Uganda. In addition to restricting movement on and off our villages, our team also educated all our mothers, children and staff on the importance of preventative measures such as social distancing, handwashing, and the use of face masks. And to assist with proper hygiene, handwashing stations were set up at all entry points of our villages, as well as in every “circle” (or cluster) of homes, and masks were given to everyone. We’re grateful to our medical team for keeping our families healthy.
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IMMUNIZATIONS ADMINISTERED In addition to helping protect our children and mothers from COVID-19, our doctors and nurses administered 1,752 immunizations for diseases like measles, polio, and hepatitis B.
MOSQUITO NETS DISTRIBUTED While our team was protecting our Watoto families against a new virus, they still continued to protect them from diseases like malaria. To help with these efforts, they distributed 2,319 mosquito nets across our villages.
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REDUCTION IN PATIENT VISITS AT OUR CLINICS The tireless efforts of our doctors, nurses and medical team resulted not only in keeping our villages free of COVID-19 last year, but because of their focus on disease prevention, we also saw a 13% reduction in overall patient visits.
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