Category Archives: Malaria
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Malaria Testing Kits
The clinic is particularly busy at the moment, the nurses are seeing in excess of 50 patients a day and they have had a problem acquiring reliable malaria testing kits. However due to the success of our recent fundraising efforts … Continue reading
Posted in Fundraising, Kenyan Nursing Team, Malaria | Leave a commentNews: Celebrating World Malaria Day 2012
On 25 April, people and organisations around the world celebrate World Malaria Day to recognise the global efforts to eliminate this deadly disease. Through a combination of prevention, early diagnosis and prompt treatment, Friends of Buburi are helping the community … Continue reading
Posted in Kenyan Nursing Team, Malaria | Leave a commentNews: Winning the fight against malaria
Almost half of the world’s population is at risk of malaria. It is an infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes and it claims nearly 1 millions deaths every year. More than 90% of these are in Africa, where a child will … Continue reading
Posted in Kenyan Nursing Team, Malaria, Mosquito nets | Leave a commentSallie and Katie return from Buburi July 2011
Sallie and Katie have just returned from a 4 week trip to the clinic at Buburi. It was great to see further development of the work there. The nurses were seeing around 50-60 patients per day, which is a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes, Malaria, Malnutrition | Leave a commentMalaria Facts
‘Left to run it’s present course Malaria is a crisis that can only deepen’ 3-500 million cases of Malaria each year, with over 5 million deaths A disease so deadly and prevalent that in parts of Africa there is barely … Continue reading
Posted in Malaria, Mosquito nets | Leave a commentUK Team visit in February 2011
This visit was the first of the UK Team’s planned visits for 2011. The specific aims of this visit included meeting Esther the newly employed Enrolled Nurse, giving all the nurses their annual appraisals, providing further teaching / training for the … Continue reading
Posted in Buburi Clinic Development, Jo visits, Joy visits, Kenyan Nursing Team, Kenyan Public Health, Malaria, Mosquito nets, Spectacles, UK team visit, Volunteers | 1 CommentUK Team visit March 2010
Jo was accompanied by her sister Joy on this visit. The difference in the clinic from the visit in July 2009 was quite amazing. Most days the nurses were seeing over 100 patients! We were not entirely sure why so … Continue reading
Posted in Malaria, Volunteers | Leave a commentJo visits in July 2009
On this occasion, Jo visited Buburi on her own and although everything appeared the same on the surface, the clinic was not thriving quite the same as it had been on past visits with very few patients attending. This was concerning … Continue reading
Posted in Malaria | Leave a commentNoreen visits Buburi in January 2010
Noreen was accompanied on this visit by Penny a friend and colleague from Exeter. After the usual shopping for supplies and medicines in Kisumu they travelled to Buburi by car. They was a surprising scene on arrival to the clinic, … Continue reading
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