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EPHWOR  Launches App  To Bridge Family Planning  Communication Gaps Between Women And Health Workers

EPHWOR Launches App To Bridge Family Planning Communication Gaps Between Women And Health Workers

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By Our Reporter A team of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) experts have developed an app that enables women and mothers seeking family planning methods communicate directly with service providers, especially professional medical personnel. The app, known as ‘Talk To Me/Gamba Nanye’,  is aimed at bridging the gap  between women seeking Family Planning and Contraception solutions with service providers at accredited medical health facilities. SOme of the community leaders who participated in the launch of the Talk To Me/Gamba Nanye App Working under local Nongovernmental Organisation (NGO) Enforcement of Patients and Health Workers’ Rights (EPHWOR), the IT experts have since rolled out the  ‘Talk To Me / Gamba Nanye’ app  at health centres in th...
EPHWOR   Rescues Vulnerable Rural Women With ARV Refills And Contraceptives

EPHWOR Rescues Vulnerable Rural Women With ARV Refills And Contraceptives

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By Elite Reporter Ever since the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic broke out in Uganda, several women and adolescent girls, plus people living with HIV/AIDS are suffering due to lack of access to contraceptives and Anti-Retroviral Drugs (ARVs) respectively. It should be noted that the government is currently undertaking a campaign to donate food and other social amenities to some Ugandans. However, whereas government’s efforts to donate posho and beans to Ugandans affected by the COVID-19 lockdown are appreciated, health practitioners observe that people with chronic diseases like cancer, HIV/AIDS, diabetes and others that need periodic refills for drugs have been neglected. EPHWOR members delivering medication to women in rural areas In the same vein, women and adolescen...