Improving the quality of life among neural clients

The number of clients with neuralogical challenges in rural districts of Uganda are many, most clients do not seek medical services to get screened and treating, many have been found with complications due to neural conditions. As a longterm volunteer with alliance for stroke awareness and prevention project, in 20I7 i started a community based initiative with support of Dr chin jerome a visiting neurologist from USA, twice a year. We sensitise communities, treat, refer and follow up patients. 

I identify most in  need communities of clients with neuralogical health challenges, mobilise them, make plans to meet them with a neurologist who also mobilise his colleagues and we meet clients in their communities, I follow up identified cases during the meeting and inform the neurologist who also follow up some other cases when he comes back to Uganda. It is a better solution because it is community based and to the most in need patients. We directly work with the families in their communities. 

we serve children and adults including  those with disabilities presenting with neuralogical impairments. there is improvement in health of patients, if more districts are reached,  we expect continued improvement in ways of life amongst patients. 

I have been working in mukono and buikwe for 7 years working on clients of neuralogical problems,  I have been coducting neural health camps since april 2017, we are aware of the community health needs through needs assessment, I am a resident in buikwe district. 

I am faced with a financial burrier, I would like to establish a permanent health unit (hospital) specialised to the management of clients with neuralogical impairments such that clients seen during community programs can be followed up from one place and cases referred there. 

my initiative is community based,  providing specialised health services in hard to reach areas of two rural districts of Uganda, many clients have been diagnosed and many will be seen in future. 

to provide neuralogical health services to all villages in rural areas of buikwe and mukono districts. 

To provide affordable neuralogical health services to five  rural districts of Uganda 

To improve the health of people in five rural districts of Uganda through having the best specialists and infrastructures. 

working directly with the community stakeholders including having a lead member from every community 

Doing community visits to ensure regularities in adhering to treatment prescribed to patients 

Networking with national and international health providers

Research 

our solution is evidence based, it will improve the health of patients with neuralogical impairments. Clients with all forms of neural impairments will receive the right neural services at affordable prices and the appropriate time. The high mortality rates associated with clients of neuralogical problems will be minimized and the ways of life among them improve. 

we use mobile phone calls and local community voice radios as well as riding on a motorcycle to sensitise communities. With establishment of a permanent place we shall have a detailed record computer system of all information. 

I collect data for my solution with support of the community leadership.  We shall have support staffs to assist as the solution group.  

we work by modifying the clients environment. When providing feeding training to families we encourage use of locally available tools. We do  regular home visits to morning clients adherance to prescribed drugs, we also do regular trainings in communities where possible 

we provide community or home based neural services directly to communities by sensitising and going directly to communities. The patient clinician interraction is good, there is direct interraction with other family members who are directly responsible for the clients health. 

I am putting  up strategies to start a business under the title occupeec which will be selling assistive aids including wheelchairs. This will generate money to support the project. we are also looking for funding to support the projects. Revenue will be generated  as occupeec starts.  Tax costs are not so high for health products in Uganda 

Dr chin a neurologist from USA together with funds  from my work places have been the sole funders of the initiative. Rotary international also supports I am a rotarian. Other support is from well wishers.