Medical Volunteer Program

Program Description

Poverty is one of the largest obstacles facing the Ugandan community. This impacts education, supplies, and medical knowledge.

Volunteer with the Uganda Medical Volunteer Placement and assist in a region where you are needed. We are open to both medical students and professionals to assist with improving hygiene and sanitation, adolescent reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS, among other initiatives. You will aid our attempts to benefit rural communities through health care while decreasing incidences of endemic diseases and promoting health education and public health projects.

The responsibilities of volunteers depend on skills and background. You may be asked to help in the local health clinic by treating Syphilis, Tuberculosis, and malaria, some of the diseases most often found in Uganda. Registered paramedics, lab technicians, doctors, and nurses as well as those who have been trained to perform a medical technique can help with lab work, IV starts, injections, and diagnosing. Midwives and gynecologists will be asked to help with prenatal and antenatal care. Those with backgrounds in health can assist with recording immunizations and injections, dispensing medication, cleaning or painting, donations, and providing seminars on nutrition, nursing, or other subjects. Give lectures on HIV and methods of prevention as well as testing services, counseling, and home visits. V

Volunteers are asked to provide a copy of relevant medicate certificates and qualifications whe

Highlights

Volunteers Accommodation
Volunteers will live in a homestay with a local family. Your fee will go to this family to support your full board and food. This is a great way for you to be immersed in the local lifestyle as you meet locals, eat tasty dishes, and participate in local customs. You will be placed with fellow volunteers in a shared private room. Homes are set up and chosen so that you have a mixture of comfort and excitement of exploring the new. Host families care for volunteers very well and you will also be able to bond with your one or two other volunteer roommates.

Volunteers Feeding
You will be given three meals each day, although other snacks will be at your own cost. Th

Qualifications

For the medical placement, volunteers need to be training or qualified in a relevant medical field. Therefore, volunteers are required to present a copy of their qualifications and certificates to our program partner on arrival in Uganda.

Volunteer Types

What`s Included

Program fee covers for your:

• Full Board – Safe, clean, comfortable local housing, inspected by our local project coordinator
• Meals: 3 meals per day - Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Special meals at request
• Airport pick up - by our IVN project coordinator (At any time, any day!)
• Guidance and support of a local project coordinator, 24/7 in case of emergency
• Orientation/city briefing on arrival by our IVN project coordinator
• Placement in a quality project, allowing you to maximize your time and efforts in a good cause
• Transfer to project site with our IVN project coordinator. Includes introduction to local staff and community members
• Departure transfer at the en