It’s been a busy couple of weeks, with not nearly enough access to internet cafes! This week I am back in Mbarara, currently using the computer science lab (which is empty because the students are all doing exams now), but also meeting with various professors here (again!) and working with Ben and Richard on the [...]
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Of Government Meetings and Snazzy Powerpoint Animations
The culmination of our many many meetings was our presentations to the Ministry of Health and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nakaseke district. (Although admittedly the MP meeting was a bit of a surprise, so a bit extemporaneous.) We had been spending our evenings in Luwero (the town near Nakaseke where we were staying) [...]
Smart Delivery with SmartVouchers
I’ve been in Uganda for almost a week now, doing a needs assessment with the East Africa Blum Fellows smartphone team – on whether and how smartphones can be used in the context of healthcare in Uganda. We’ve had meetings all over Kampala, with Satellife/Healthnet Uganda, the Ministry of Health, and various people at Makarere [...]
