Tag Archives: Kampala

Last Day at Mulago and Pharmacy Student Presentations

April 15, 2016 Our time in Kampala has flown by and Thursday was our last day working with Interns at Mulago Hospital. It seems clear that both the Wilkes students and the Mulago Interns benefited from this experience.  In the … Continue reading

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Monday at Mengo Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

April 12, 2016:  A Blog Post by Lauren It’s Mengo Monday! This was our first day at Mengo Hospital, a private hospital with a fee-for-service model. Each of us went to a different ward with one or two of the … Continue reading

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Pharmacy Student Adventures at Mulago Hosital

April 9, 2016:  A Blog Post by Casey We spent Friday at Mulago hospital. Makenzie and I were in the maternity ward for half the day and then went over to the pediatric unit. Kassi and Lauren spent all of … Continue reading

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Our First Experiences at Mulago Hospital, Uganda

April 4, 2016: A Blog Post by Makenzie Today we began our first day at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda and it was a rainy one. While this is expected given the time of year here, combined with … Continue reading

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Uganda Day 1

April 3, 2016   Our first full day in Kampala “went great” in the words of one student. Another student, when asked about Uganda, said “it’s really nice”. We started the day with a breakfast of scrambled eggs served with a … Continue reading

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Last Day Teaching at Makerere University School of Pharmacy

2 October 2015: Today was both happy and sad for me. Once again my time in Uganda teaching the pharmacy students at Makerere University and working with them and the Pharmacy Interns at Mulago and other hospitals has come to … Continue reading

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A Few Very Busy Days in Kampala

1 October 2015: Wow, I can hardly believe another month has passed as today we enter October.  I think I’ve just gotten used to writing 2015 but soon it will be 2016.  This also means my visit here is coming … Continue reading

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A Visit With Pharmacy Interns at Mengo Hospital

28 September 2015: If you remember, last Monday I took a visit to two private hospitals, Nsambya and Mengo. I was able to participate in Ward Rounds with the Pharmacy Interns at Nsambya Hospital but at Mengo, I gave a … Continue reading

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An Obession With A Huge Bird

24 September 2015: I’m obsessed with a really interesting HUGE local bird. It’s called the Marabou Stork and they are actually quite ugly but somehow I can’t seem to stop watching them. They nest on the top of tall trees … Continue reading

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A Pharmaceutical Care Presentation

18 September 2015: When I come to Uganda I never can anticipate exactly what I activities I will participate in here. Of course, I have planned ahead for my main tasks, and this time, that was the teaching of the … Continue reading

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