Lira Medical Centre has been approved, as a site, by the various Research Authorities to carry out Malaria Vaccine Trials. These trials shall be conducted by BIKEN of Japan and Medical Biotech Laboratories (MBL) of Uganda. The trials shall begin by 1st of March 2010 on adults as first phase. Phase two will be focusing on school going age and phase three will be on babies.
GSk have produced significant results in reducing the virus in the first human trials of their experimental Aids drug S/GSK 1349572.
Result show that treatment reduced the virus to undetectable levels in 70% of patients.
Guess still a way to go but looks very promising.
For a bit more technical info visit ClinicalTrials.gov who processed this record on July 22, 2009
To keep up to date on progress visit GSK Media
Lira Medical Centre (LMC) was opened in September 2005 before registering as a Non- Governmental Organization Hospital, under NGO STATUTE 1989, on 20/01/2006. Registration Number 5700/ S.5914/6222.
The primary objective of starting this hospital was to supplement Uganda Government efforts by offering more quality but affordable health care services to the people in the war ravaged areas of Northern Uganda.
The whole world knows how much the people of Northern Uganda suffered atrocities caused by the so-called Lords Resistance Army of Joseph Kony.
The nearest referral hospital is 150 Miles from Lira LIRA MEDICAL CENTRE is designed to make a referral centre for other health facilities within the catchment Northern Districts of Apac, Oyam, Kaberamaido, Dokolo, Amolatar, Kotido, Abim, Kitgum and Pader.
The civil wars have left the peoples of Northern Uganda in abject poverty which means they can not afford to pay for their health care. LMC has therefore got to depend a lot on charitable donations of drugs and other logistics, in order to offer free health services to these vulnerable people. We therefore openly make this appeal to anyone who cares.
THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN UGANDA NEED YOUR HELP.
You can donate here ~
To provide affordable and quality medical, surgical, diagnostic and other health care services to the disadvantaged and vulnerable groups of people in northern region of Uganda.
To set a well equipped modern Hospital in Lira district.
Welcome,
While we get the cyber show on the road we would like to introduce a bit about our history.
We will be bringing you right up to date shortly.
FOUNDERS:
Mr.Ogwang Ochoo Ben is a retired Medical Technologist who worked for 30 years in various hospitals in Uganda. He has served in various leadership positions locally and nationally. He is therefore exposed in his field. It is his family savings that financially transformed the idea of the centre into the initial structures already on the ground. Ben Ogwang Ochoo is a holder of ICMLT, Dip. MLT. of Makerere University, specializing in Microbiology biased in Medical Parasitology. He worked in Mulago as a lecturer in the school of Medical Laboratory Technology and as Head of Department of Parasitology – Mulago Hospital Laboratories. Later, he headed Serology Laboratories in Medical School- Department of Preventive Medicine. He retired in the year 2002, after re-building and re-organizing the war cannibalized and looted Lira Hospital Laboratories, to its present status.
Dr. William Obote (RIP) was a consultant surgeon who worked at Mulago Hospital. He was also a visiting surgeon to major hospitals in and around Kampala. He was the technical brain behind Lira Medical Centre and a director at the same time.
Opening Ceremony
LMC was officially opened by His Excellency The President of the Republic of Uganda on 31st September 2005.
