“We continue to have too many newborns die during or shortly after birth, with most deaths occurring within the first week of life. The current neonatal mortality rate in Kabale (33/1,000) exceeding the national average (22/1,000).”
Kabale’s District Health Officer in August 2025
We were approached by the charity Edirisa UK (www.edirisa.org.uk) which makes free healthcare available at the Bwama Island Health Centre on Lake Bunyonyi. This includes maternity and newborn care, and we were asked to do the training to support staff from this and surrounding health centres. Edirisa UK has contributed funding for the project and Sheila Windridge, who founded the charity, has helped us enormously with the logistics of this trip, including with the difficulties the team has had getting there. It’s great to see the plans coming to fruition!
Jo from the UK and Sadias and Elizabeth from Uganda got the course off to a great start while Cath was still stuck in snowy Amsterdam:
“Fabulous candidates and a great team” Jo, NCC course director
