Photo Caption: This is Erin, Steen, and Jake (Master Uganda Trip Organizer) on top of the second peak of Mt. Sabinyo. It took us five hours to reach this point from the base of the mountain!
Photo caption: This is Mt. Sabinyo from where we started our ascent in the morning on Saturday. We climbed up to the first peak on the left and then from the first peak to the second peak from the left. The third peak that hikers are given the option to climb is right in the middle and is the tallest (as you can see). Erin and her long legs made it to that one. Steen with her itty-bitty limbs headed down after the second peak; she feels no shame in that though, as she is 6 inches shorter than the next shortest person (Ms. Erin) on this 7 person trip! The tallest person was well over 6 feet!
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Apologies for the long hiatus in posting!
Erin and I have returned from Uganda safely and have been super busy in the office with our project with little time for internet. This post is primarily to say that we are alive. We may post some pre-Easter Weekend thoughts soon and then will try to write more about our adventures (of which there have been many!) soon.
This upcoming week is very busy. We have finally done all of the data collection for our CD4 completeness project at four hospital sites here in Kagera region and are now in the thick of analysis and putting together a presentation. Next week will be very busy because on Monday and Tuesday there are two "Launches" for new CTC (Care and Treatment Center) buildings. In other words, ICAP has built two new buildings at two different hospitals where they will be taking care of HIV outpatients patients daily. It is necessary to have a big celebration for the opening of these two buildings in order to make the ICAP name even more well known in the region, to patients and also to district government, medical, and religious officials. On Wednesday, there is some important financial training that the office is involved in and then Thursday and Friday is the annual Partner's/Stakeholder's/Implementer's Meeting where representatives from each of the ICAP Supported Sites (CTCs) come together to discuss the HIV care being provided in the region. Erin and I are trying to put together a presentation of our results for this meeting. SO... busy!
Then, we have one more weekend in Bukoba before we fly back to Dar early morning on Tuesday. Then, a few days in Dar and we are off to our Safari!
What exactly is the data collection process like? Are y'all interviewing people directly? And how was Uganda compared with TZ?
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