About ninety percent of diseases that affect rural communities in Uganda, can be prevented. These diseases absorb people’s time and money, in hospitals/ health units. While being treated, they are unable to do any productive work and incur unnecessary expenditure on treatment. This has a negative impact on development at household and community levels. Malaria cannot be prevented by taking selective preventive action. For the programme to be successful and durable the community must be generally healthy and able to generate enough wealth to live, afford medical treatment, educational needs and have a balanced nutritional diet. The role of our voluntary Community Health Workers is essential here. After training they are able to guide families towards a healthy living. This includes instruction on basic health care, child development and essential information concerning malaria precautions and treatment, HIV/Aids and other local ailments and diseases associated with poverty. They provide the first stage in health care leading to the local clinic and if necessary hospitals.

Occasionally specific guidance will be given such as dental health care to children and mothers.

Primary School children being taught the correct way to brush their teeth and protect their gums by gargling and rincing their mouths. This lesson was extended to include the mothers in the villages under whose supervision the children come.

Clinic

The Clinic at Sekamuli serves the majority of the inhabitants of the villagers that make up Sekamuli. It is the second line of healthcare, the Community Health Workers being the first. Apart from dealing with minor injuries it is also an immunisation centre and will organise regular immunisation days when fully functional.