Confronting Pneumonia in

Uganda

By
Team Insomniacs

Demographics
Life expectancy at birth

Total fertility rate

Population: Uganda

Total population: 54.46 years

male: 53.1
years
female: 55.86 years (2014)
Average Age of population is 15
years
5.97 children born/woman (2014)

2% 2%
26%
49%

Religion

Roman
Catholic
41.9%,
Protestant 42% (Anglican 35.9%,
Pentecostal 4.6%, Seventh-Day
Adventist 1.5%), Muslim 12.1%,
other 3.1%, none 0.9% (2002
census)

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can

read
and
write
Total
population: 73.2%
Male: 82.6%
Female: 64.6% (2010 )

21%

0-14 Yrs
15-24 Yrs
25-54 Yrs
55-64 Yrs
>65 Yrs

Significant Overpopulation problem. From 9,5 million in 1969

to 34.9 million in 2014. Also 0.2 million are refugees who
came from Burundi, Kenya, Congo and Sudan.
Average age as of 2014 is 15 years.

Languages Spoken

Nigo Congo & Nilo Saharan are

two language families.
Official Language: English
Most widely used local language
is Luganda.
Second official language is
Swahili.

Diet: Maize meal, Matooke (steamed and mashed Bananas)

Crops: Banana, Pineapple, mangoes, avocados, coffee
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Preventives: Dietary Supplements

Garlic has antimicrobial properties that fight off
bacteria, viruses and fungi. It also helps bring
down the body temperature and increases
expectoration to clear phlegm out of the chest
and lungs.

Cayenne pepper helps release mucous from

the respiratory passage and aids in the healthy
development of mucus membranes.
Sesame seeds helps expel phlegm.

Fenugreek with its mucolytic properties helps

break up congestion. Furthermore, it induces
sweating which reduces fever and helps
remove toxins from the body.

Vegetable Juices boost immunity, dissolve

mucus and aid in detoxification.
Steam helps fight infection and improves
breathing
by
relieving
coughing
and
congestion.
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Preventives: sanitation and health

Regular hand washing and access to clean water

Hygiene in crowded homes

Adequate Nutrition (e.g.: Breast feeding in first 6 months)

Eliminating household air pollution: clean and smoke free

stoves

Proper human waste disposal

Elimination of Stagnant water on the ground

94.80%

Sanitation Facility Access

Drinking Water Source

74.80%
71%

67.20%
66%66.10%

Urban
Rural
Total

Urban
Rural
Total

33.90%
32.80%34%

29%
25.20%

5.20%
Improved

Unimproved

Improved

Unimproved
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Increasing awareness and treatment

Prepare Health Teams of 4 locals who will be provided training
of operating and maintaining medical boats which will be
equipped with basic medical equipment like oximeters and
antibiotics like Amoxillin. They will train the local VHTs and also
do surveys. Each trip may last from 10-12 days in which they
will cover 4-5 Villages.
Since locals prefer riding bicycles in Uganda, a wooden stretcher
can be fixed to a bicycle to form a bicycle ambulance to meet the
emergency requirements for taking victims to hospitals.
Inter college competitions organised among the trained selected
colleges on the basis of reach which they get in accessing
villages with good population density where they educate locals
on difference between malaria and pneumonia, its vaccine and
why timely medical check-up is important.
Parents should be educated about the use of timers to perform a regular respiratory condition check up of
their infants.61.1% of the population belong to the age group of 0-19yrs, this show that there has been a
sudden explosion of population without proper planning and since women are the major bread earners,
they have the added pressure of maintaining both home and work. Awareness about pneumonia can be
created by conducting skits by college and school students who will have good reach in the regional
districts.
Conduct awareness programs near churches and mosque with the local heads or clergymen and give
hands on training to their staff to differentiate between pneumonia and malaria.
Ad campaigns of 30-40 seconds which will target audience across different radios stations. They will be
floated every hour and material will contain information about pneumonia, timers, prevention and
treatments. The same will be covered by Daily Monitor and New Vision, the two widely read newspapers.

Bulk SMS
across all
networks .
To impart
knowledge
and
information
about
vaccine
campaigns
in near by
areas
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Pharmaceutical Companies in Uganda

Kampala Pharmaceutical Industries (1996) Ltd is the largest pharmaceutical
manufacturer in Uganda with 300 employees. The factory is centrally located in
the capital city of Kampala from where it supplies the products to all parts of the
country and export to the East African region.

To protect future generations in EAC region, KPI (1996) Ltd, now manufactures
"the child friendly antibiotic" AMOXIKID (Dispersible Amoxikid 125mg).

We propose to start a joint venture of KPI, Rene

Industries and Surgipharm for the production and
distribution of Amoxillin throughout Uganda.
Proposed budget for production and distribution
subsidy is 7 million USD.

Rene Industries is based in Kampala, Uganda and is

the leading pharmaceutical company. Rene is
dedicated to the development, production and sale of
high quality generic and branded pharmaceutical
products.
Amoxicillin trihydrate: equivalent to Amoxicillin 250mg
Amoxiren Powder for Reconstitution Syrup : Each
5ml contains amoxicillin trihydrate equivalent to
Amoxicillin 125mg.
Surgipharm is a health care company involved in the
importation, exportation, distribution and marketing
of a multitude of health related products and services;
ranging in everything from life saving drugs like ARVs, to
life style products for weight loss, to diagnostic
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equipment used in monitoring oxygen levels
in blood.

Usage of water
Ambulances
The payroll of the team would vary from
900$-1300$ per Annum with a bond of
substantial amount which will demotivate
them from moonlighting or switching job for a
period of 3-4 yrs.
Checkpoint at crucial geographical places
which can be used for supplying ration,
medical supplies and repair heavy damages
to boats.
Water Bodies

Albert Nile

Aringo
Page
Agugo
Acuwa
Lake Albert
Victoria Nile
Lake Victoria

Districts
Moyo
Adjuman
Awa
Nebbi
Marucha
Kaboong
Kitgum
Abim
Agogo
Kotido
Hoima
Bullisa
Kiryandongo
Apac
Musindi
Covers 8 districts

No. Of Boats
required

2
2
5

Costing

Per annum

For 3 yrs

Cost of the boat:

5000

5000

Maintenance & repairs

500

1500

Fuel estimated

5000

15000

Salary of the staff per boat

4000

12000

Fixed cost

800

2400

Variable costs

5000

15000

Total cost of medical supplies

5800

17400

Total cost per boat

20300

50900

Total no. Of boats

17

Medical Supplies and equipments:

Total cost

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345100

17

865300

Proposed Expenditure
Total Expenditure for 3 years

Amt in USD

Water Ambulances and Checkpoints

865300

Subsidy for production & distribution of Amoxicillin

7000000

Awareness campaigns through Radio and bulk SMS

2134700

TOTAL

10000000

References

BuzzKenya
OUTREACH TO AFRICA
indexmundi
rene.co.ug
kpi.co.ug
Wikipedia
GAPP [http://www.goethe.de/]

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