We introduce systematic and complex health care for patients suffering from sickle cell disease in rural area of Buikwe, Uganda and develop support system of patients' social background.
We examine, regularly monitor and permanently treat patients with sickle cell disease
A fully functional and modernly equipped hospital is essential for responsible care; we finance the purchase of medical equipment and laboratory tests
We educate medical and laboratory staff as well as our patients and their families
We are aware of the life story of each of our patients, we help the most vulnerable with social self-sufficiency and support the mental health of families
UGANDA, Africa
with hydroxyurea treatment started
permanently and regularly monitored patients on supportive treatment
which we could not implement without your support
When we were starting the SSUUBO project, a sickle cell anemia clinic in the rural Buikwe region, years ago, we never dreamed that the world's most important medical journal would write about us. But dreams do come true, and in the May 2025 issue of Lancet Haematology you will find an extensive article about SSUUBO.
Zdeněk Ráčil was invited to give a lecture on the opening day of the III. Czech Hematology and Transfusion Congress and will receive two vital signs monitors for our children patients as a gift from Hradec hematologists. The attendance of the lecture and our booth was huge, thank you very much!
In the month of August, at the clinic in Buikwe, we accepted 16 new patients into the program in one week. In the laboratory, the examinations of their siblings who have never been tested for sickle cell anemia will continue, and in case of a positive result, we will include them in the chronic care program. Thanks to all our...
the SSUUBO foundation fund celebrated four years of its activity this year.
