"I write what I like," like Steve Biko
I am inclined to agree with Dr. Stavia Turyamuhabwa, Programme Manager of Uganda's Tuberculosis (TB) and Leprosy Control Programme that “there is no one being treated for TB when they do not have it.” Dr. Turyamuhabwa was responding to findings of a Global Fund audit which uncovered missing TB medicines and which raised suspicion that… Continue reading “The bullet doesn’t kill. What kills is the silence of people”
We thus invite you to visit the special page on TB on our website through which you can download various publication which contain the qualitative data that we generated and our analyses.
“We must always advise our people to go for TB testing the way we talk about HIV,” recommended a Greater Northern Uganda respondent of CPAR Uganda Ltd’s qualitative investigation into tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda. Click here to download and read the 5-page PDF of CPAR Uganda’s fifth TB research findings briefing which covers: The need… Continue reading Capacity to Test for TB in North Uganda
I am among those Ugandans who are honoured to be actively contributing to the fight against TB in Uganda and I would like to bring to your attention the work of our organisation, CPAR Uganda Ltd, and in particular our research findings on TB in Uganda.
"For me I had tuberculosis (TB) and I was not even suspecting it. You know in this lifestyle of ours and also smoking. I would think that may be this cough is coming on and off. Sometimes there would be general body weakness, you are down, and you are coughing. Until I went for that… Continue reading Research Findings on Tubeculosis Prevalence in Northern Uganda
