A Camp

Nar jag var i Gulu besokte jag och nagra av studenterna fran Yale University ett flyktinglager, eller vad som fram tills for tre ar sedan var ett flyktinglager. Nu var det officiellt inte det langre vilket betydde att de militarer som skyddat omradet dragit sig tillbaka och sjukvarden som erbjods finns inte langre. Vad som daremot inte andrats ar att manniskor bor dar, manga manniskor.

Varfor finns flyktinglager i Uganda? Och varfor ar det mest Ugandier som huserar i dem? I Uganda finns en rebellrorelse som heter Lord Resistance Army och som styrs av Joseph Cony. LRAs ideologi ar okand och sedan nagra ar tillbaka gommer de sig i nordostra delen av Demokratiska Republiken Kongo nara Sudans grans. Detta efter att Ugandas militar jagat dem ur landet. De gjorde det runt 2001 i Gulu och darfor finns dar nu flykrtinglager.
Bilder kommer nasta gang men intressant var det. /J

Fiske pa Viktoriasjon

Antligen,
idag blev det av, den efterlangtade fisketuren pa Viktoriasjon. Det var inte helt enkelt att hitta en fiskekompis har. Vissa var intresserade men nar priset pa 100 dollar kom pa tal forsvann ofta intresset lika fort som det dok upp. Till slut hittade jag Michiel ifran Holland. Han tyckte det var en utmarkt ide och jag bokade en heldag med Wild Frontiers. I priset ingick mat, ol, bat, utrustning och guide. Dessvarre ingick inte fiskegaranti och jag maste erkanna att baddaren jag haller i pa bilden drogs upp av Michiel. Men den var rejal. 11 kg Nilaborre i mina hander. Kul att lara kanna Viktorisjon pa narmare hall. Nu ar jag helt slut och sonderbrand. Solen tar mer an man tror nar man sitter pa sjon med solen i zenit. Blir en lugn lordagkvall for min del. Jag har just kort fast i serien Lost sa det gor inget alls att vara hemma pa kvallarna. Jag vet, Lost ar bra javla ute men jag har liksom inte brytt mig och nastan undvikit serien men nar man sen befinner sig pa en ny plats i varlden och man har en dator som sallskap ar det latt att borja titta pa serier. Har redan hunnit till tredje sasongen.
I ovrigt ar laget ganska bra har nere. Jag har just paborjat min placering pa gyn/obs. Har nere ploppar det ut ungar hela tiden. Har fatt varit men en hel del. Jag skickar med en bild pa den forsta lillen jag hjalpte till varlden. Varlden blev lite sotare efter att han kom hit. Bilderna kom visst lite i fel ordning men vad fan./J

Independence day

In 1962, the Brittish empire left Uganda after having colonized the country and its neighbours Tanzania, Kenya for many years. Yesterday we celebrated the 46th Independence day in Uganda. The stange thing is that people here dont seem to care a whole lot about it. As I was greeting my friends and patients at the hospital and asked them it what way they are going to celebrate, they reply moderately happy, they are just staying at home studying or resting. So what is the reason to this fairly celebrated Independence day? It seems that in Uganda tribe belongence is still more important than nationality. Up here in Gulu in the north part og the counrty there is the Acholi and around Kampala the dominating tribe is Baganda. These tribes goes far longer back then the straight line borders made up during Colonial times. The picture shows that some people were celebrating by going out in the strrets wearing their finest dresses.

So 46 years of Independence from Great Britain. What has changed and how is the situation now? I can tell you some thing that the brittish did leave behind. In Uganda cars drive on the left side og the street, or at least they are suposed to du so. English is the main language and the dress code for mail medical doctors and students has not change a bit. I wear the following costume every day: Shirt and tie, nice pants(not jeans), nice shoes and over all of this I put on a white robe. Considering Uganda is seeted on the Equator, this is very warm. The female medical staff can wear what ever they want and I dont know the reason for this but maybe there was no female drs at the time of the brittish.

About the situation in todays Uganda I have found out the following facts. According to one investigation about the level of corruption and how well the people can and should trust their goverment and such, Uganda came in as nr 19 in Africa and as nr 4 out of 5 in East Africa. Somalia came in last follwed by the Democratic Republic of Congo and nr 1 was Mauritius. This is not a very satisfying result and their is a lot of corruption in this country. Another fact in the CMR (Child Martality Rate under the age of 5) wich is a good indicator of the health situation in the country. That nr is 136/1000 in Uganda (to be compared with Swedens 2-3/1000 or so). Out of these 136, 76 die in their first year of life and 40 % of these die in the first month. The majority of the once dying in the first month, die during the first week of life caused by birth asfyxia, sepsis, tetanus and premature complications. Here there is a lot to be done and this is where the aim should be to lower the nr of child death in the country. The Millenium Goal set up by the WHO is to reduce CMR with 2/3 by the year 2015.

My self, I was celebrating the Independence day by going to St Marys Hospital Lacor with dr Massimo Serventi who taught me a lot about paediatrics and in the evening I went to a club with some new friends in Gulu to have dinner and a cold beer. Today Im leaving Gulu and heading back to Kampala. Its a 5 hour bus ride in the afternoon sun. Im must shoose the shadow side to sit on. Now how is it, does the sun set in east or west? /J

Safari

Hejsan pa er mina fa trogna lasare. lart mig lagga upp bilder na men killen pa detta internetstalla vill stanga nu sa jag hinner bara med en. Var pa Safari. Sa har glad blev var guide nar han hittade nagot som lejonen festat pa.

/J

Adress

Kampalas interbetkabel blev avklippt for en vecka sen men nu ar den fixad. For mormor som ville skicka vykort har ja gordnat en adress. Den gar inte direkt hem till mig for postgangen i Uganda fungerar inte sa. Den fungerar namligen nastan inte alls och att fa ett vykort skickat till en personlig adress ar bara att glomma. Tydligen battre att skicka till sjukhuset dar jag far hamta upp det. Men man maste skicka rekomenderat for annars tar det 6 manader att komma fram. Adressen ar: Mr Jesper Olsen, C/o Ms Susan Nassaka, Deans office, Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Researge Building, Mulago HGospital Complex. Glom alltsa inte att rekomendera och om det ar nagot atligt som skickas tackar Susan for det pa forhand da det kommer droja innan det kommer fram och jag ar da inte kvar i landet.

Nu helg och jag ska aka till Murchison Falls och titta pa lejon och andra kissar. Dar efter aker jag direkt till Gulu i norra Uganda. Ska plugga pediatrik dar en vecka. Hemma igen om en vecka. Till dess..../Jesper