Our aims

• You live in bitter poverty in Uganda, one of the poorest countries in the world.
• You or your child suffer from a distressing skin disease.
• The walk to the nearest doctor takes many hours or even days.
• Finding a dermatologist is almost impossible: for Uganda’s roughly 40 million people there are currently fewer than ten dermatologists.
• The state health budget of about €35 per capita per year (!) does not allow for any specialised treatment anyway.

We want to provide help for self-help and achieve a sustainable improvement in dermatological care in Uganda! Through targeted support for the university’s dermatology clinic in Mbarara in the south of the country, local physicians can be trained to become qualified specialists in skin diseases. They can then set up in practice as dermatologists, treat their compatriots to a good standard and pass on their knowledge.

Photos: Dr. med. Claudia El Gammal