AAR Bweyogerere Health centre organised a health fair at Kyambogo University Bazaar grounds last Friday March 15, 2013.The AAR team was led by the Bweyogerere Health Centre Manager Dr. Stephen lugolobi. This is not the first outreach of the kind. AAR Bweyogerere had a community outreach at St Mary's College Lugazi in July 2012 where it carried out free medical check-ups, a deworming exercise for all students, health awareness talk shows, and tree planting as part of Trees for Health Programme.The one day event attracted over 600 people. There was free HIV testing and counselling, doctor consultation, blood sugar check- up ,BMI (body mass Index)measurements ,health awareness discussion sessions, and blood pressure check-up.
The health fair was organised with support from the Kyambogo University administration,Zydus, and UHMG(Uganda Health Marketing Group).Kyambogo University (KYU) is Uganda's third public university established by the Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act 2001.It is a merger of the former Uganda Polytechnic Kyambogo (UPK), the Institute of Teacher Education, Kyambogo (ITEK), and the Uganda National Institute of Special Education (UNISE).Kyambogo has a rich history that dates as far back as 1928. UPK started in 1928 as a small technical school on the Makerere Hill and was transferred to Kyambogo Hill in 1958 as Kampala Technical Institute.
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