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Volunteer trip to Uganda March 2023

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Martins S.
Volunteer trip to Uganda March 2023

Details

meet up to discuss a special TRIP to Uganda.
MISSION
Minimize preventable causes of death and increase life expectancy.
Objective
Uganda is ranked 175 out of 193 countries in terms of life expectancy. In contrast, the United States is ranked 34, which can be attributed to treatable and preventable causes, malaria remains Uganda’s leading cause of death, especially in children. 84.4% of the percentage of the population that is rural in Uganda. The number of doctors per 100,000 people in Uganda.
The people of Uganda heavily rely on nurses, aid workers, and other sources of health-care as the country is truly understaffed in terms of doctors. Seeing a doctor face-to-face is out of reach for the average person. A huge majority still live in rural pockets and most make a living as farmers in the agriculture industry. Much of the existing health-care infrastructure in Uganda is built for the urban populations, which leaves the rest of the population left to fend for themselves.
Exercise
Increasing life span expectancy
§ screenings
§ Rapid testing
§ Counselling services
Activists to be carried out:
§ HIV Mass testing
§ Malaria mass testing
§ Diabetes mass testing
§ Blood pressure mass testing.
Volunteers from all corners are needed and we are to discuss the requirements for the trip and also how we can help to empower the volunteers going to have a successful mission.

COVID-19 safety measures

Event will be indoors
The event host is instituting the above safety measures for this event. Meetup is not responsible for ensuring, and will not independently verify, that these precautions are followed.
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