Category Archives: Diseases/Health

Posts about diseases or general health-related issues

New Experiences Through Relationships

10 April 2017: A Blog Post By Tristram When was the last time you tried something new? Was it something out of your daily routine of getting up, eating breakfast, driving the same route to work, coming home, eating dinner, … Continue reading

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A Day with Ugandan Pharmacy Students at the 1st Uganda Pharmaceutical Symposium 

7 April 2017: A Blog Post By Jess Today the Wilkes University students had the opportunity to attend the 1st Uganda Pharmaceutical Symposium. This conference welcomes local pharmacy programs such as MUST and Makerere students as well as pharmacy students … Continue reading

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Final Day of an Excellent MUST Pharmaceutical Care Workshop & Fond Farewells

5 April 2017 Today was the 3rd and final day of the workshop and we ended on a bang! But before I go into today’s activities I want to say how pleased I am with the presentations by the Wilkes … Continue reading

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Day 2 of the Mbarara University Pharmaceutical Care Program

4 April 2017: A Blog Post by Becky Since arriving in Mbarara on Sunday I have felt extremely welcome and have really appreciated the kindness of the people here.  The students are friendly and willing to help us understand the … Continue reading

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Day 1 of the Mbarara University Pharmaceutical Care Workshop

3 April 2017 We woke up to a beautiful morning and a delicious breakfast and then headed off to our first day of the Pharmaceutical Care Workshop for the 3rd and 4th year pharmacy students at Mbarara University of Science … Continue reading

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A Stop by the Equator and a Warm Welcome to Mbarara, Uganda

2 April 2017 We had such a nice ride down to Mbarara today with a quick stop at the equator in Arthur’s comfy SUV.  It’s really helpful to have a vehicle like that to get over all of  the cracks … Continue reading

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The Trip Home Begins

17 October 2016 A Blog Post By Dr. Edward Foote People view long journeys from different perspectives. Me – I tend to take a leg at a time (“let’s drive 2 hours to lunch and not think about the travel … Continue reading

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Last Day at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda

14 October 2016 A Blog Post By Jennie Today was our last day in Kampala with the Makerere University pharmacy students and two of their professors, Winnie and Kalidi. We spent the day at Makerere University listening to the third … Continue reading

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Teaching Pharmacy Interns and Seeing Patients at a New Hospital

13 October 2016 A Blog Post By Dr. Edward Foote We had a busy morning today. First, we walked over to Mulago hospital to make a presentation to the pharmacy interns. Our first goal was to teach the pharmacy interns … Continue reading

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Queen of Katwe

12 October 2016 A Blog Post by Nick The other day, my professor and classmates told me that they wanted to go to see a movie here in Kampala. My response to them was, “Why? We are in Uganda for … Continue reading

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