Busitema University: Global Health education and research *All views are my own

Mbale, Uganda
Joined August 2015
The anaesthesia fraternity, friends, and partners united at the #AAUxICSU2025 — sharing knowledge, strengthening collaborations, and celebrating progress in anaesthesia and critical care.
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Thank you @BruceBiccard for this most profound manifesto. If anything, we should recite the Hippocratic Oath, together with this manifesto at all levels of health care responsibility @DianaAtwine @MinofHealthUG @SpireJim @WHOAFRO @wfsaorg
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Before and after: 1 week apart: Winning the raffle for the Lifebox- Smile Train Capno @aaac2024 Next is the Capno in action in rural Uganda @ishakaAdventistHospital
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Yesterday, we finished training the first cohort of the SAFE Obstetric Anaesthesia course for anaesthesia providers in West Nile to enhance skills and improve maternal healthcare. @wfsaorg
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Piloting the StART PEADIATRIC BLS course at @corsuhospital that aims to adapt and contextualise life support training to make it easily scalable in my environment. Program initiated by @Smiletrain
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Been in Lira regional hospital for a few hours after a child got knocked by a motorcycle. Unsupervised intern and a bunch of year 3 medical students. Everything went wrong ...Citizens of this country have been short changed on emergency healthcare – at Lira, Uganda
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Congratulations to our first Ugandan @canecsa fellows 🎉 Well done!! Dr @TomanyaX , Dr Philo Nambooze, Dr Peter Waswa & Dr Moses Senyonjo
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Honored to speak @GASOC_2015 on Collaboration for #Equity in Anethesia and highlight the role of local and global collaboration including #Diaspora
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We'd like to express our genuine appreciation for dedicating your time and expertise to providing safe anaesthesia to patients who underwent surgery during the recently completed surgical camp in the Lango sub-region.
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Fredfly retweeted
#ObstetricAnaesthesia is a huge focus of our work, from delivery of @SAFE_courses Obstetrics course to the work of our Obstetric Anaesthesia Committee If you're an obstetric anaesthesiologist, this is your chance to get involved with #WFSA committees ⬇️ ow.ly/ovh450PlCql
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Our project on reducing maternal haemorrhage has completed the rapid evaluation survey tool (REST) survey. We are analyzing the results to identify gaps in hospital capacity, which will allow us to develop interventions to address them. @NIHRglobal
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A joint press brief by the @MinofHealthUG and @AnesthesiaUg on efforts to operationalize ICUs at three regional referral hospitals being hosted at Fortportal RRH @GradianHealth @UCSF_CHESA – at Kabarole, Uganda
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Honored to witness the graduation of the first Bachelors of Science in Anaesthesia student in uganda, Mr David Oyite, Busitema University. He opens way to a new generation of Non physician anesthesia providers. Thank you to: @AnesthesiaUg,@dianaatwine ,@Isabeauwalkerd @mlipnick – at Mayuge, Uganda
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Congratulations Dr. Jacobs Iramiot Stanley (Ph.D). Ma Shaa Allah... "Then Which of the Favours of Your Lord Will ye Deny?". Busitema University is proud of you. #PhDone @BusitemaUni, @ProfPaulWaako, @nyikskam – at Mbale, Uganda
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Gestational thrombocytopenia is the commonest cause of low platelet count in pregnant women of occurring in 75% of women presenting with a low platelet count.
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Examples of Aerosol Generating Medical Procedures in Anaesthesia •Awake fibreoptic intubation •Mask Ventilation •Intubation and extubation •High flow nasal cannula •Non-invasive ventilation •Sputum suctioning •Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. #COVID19 #anesthesia
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High Flow Oxygen in Anaesthesia and Critical Care •High flow oxygen delivers oxygen at flow rates at or above peak inspiratory flow rates in patients, typically 40-70L/min.
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