Richard Munana

Medical Doctor| Researcher| Equity for Health

[BEACON-HD @beaconhdeu]

🧭 Part 2 of our roadmap! Check out more at https://t.co/dQxCs9Rzz2

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[BEACON-HD @beaconhdeu]

PART 1

🧭 For people living with high blood pressure or diabetes in rural Rwanda and Uganda, getting to a health centre can take a long time. #BEACONHD wants to bring this care closer to home.

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[African Community Center for Social Sustainability @ACCESS_UG]

Today, the African Community Centre for Social Sustainability (ACCESS) held a meaningful and inspiring engagement with local government leaders, ranging from LC1 and LC3 chairpersons to mayors and council representatives from the different sub-counties where ACCESS operates in Nakaseke District. The engagement provided an important platform for open dialogue, reflection, and collective action on how ACCESS can continue improving its services across its four key areas: healthcare, education, environmental sustainability, and economic empowerment. Throughout the discussion, local leaders expressed their appreciation for the work ACCESS continues to do in transforming lives, supporting vulnerable families, improving access to essential services, and creating opportunities for communities to become more self-reliant.

However, beyond the appreciation came an important reminder of the challenges our communities continue to face. One of the most touching moments was when local leaders appealed to ACCESS to consider restoring some of the essential healthcare services that had been interrupted due to funding cuts. Their voices reflected the realities of families who depend on accessible and affordable healthcare, especially those living in vulnerable and underserved communities.

This conversation reminded us that behind every service we provide is a human story: a mother seeking medical attention for her child, a young person dreaming of completing their education, a farmer struggling with the effects of climate change, or a family working tirelessly to build a sustainable livelihood. While funding challenges remain a reality, today's engagement was not simply about what has been lost. It was about what we can rebuild together.

Our discussions explored how stronger collaboration between ACCESS, local government structures, community leaders, and other stakeholders can help identify local solutions, strengthen community ownership, mobilize resources, and ensure that our interventions respond to the most pressing needs of the people we serve.

We believe that sustainable development cannot be achieved by one organization working alone. It requires listening to communities, respecting local leadership, sharing responsibilities, and building partnerships rooted in trust and a common purpose. For ACCESS, this engagement reaffirmed something fundamental: communities should not merely be beneficiaries of development; they must be active participants in shaping their own future.

As we move forward, we remain committed to strengthening our partnerships and exploring practical ways to sustain and improve our programs, even in the face of limited resources. Because the true measure of our work is not simply the number of programs we implement, but the lives we touch, the hope we restore, and the communities we empower to stand stronger tomorrow. At ACCESS, we believe lasting change begins when we listen, grows when we collaborate, and becomes sustainable when communities take ownership.
@rkalyes1
@SemitalaFred
@MoLGUganda
@Internist_02

[BEACON-HD @beaconhdeu]

👋 Meet BEACON-HD!

🩺 Over the next four years, we will work hard together with communities, health workers and health systems in rural Rwanda 🇷🇼 and Uganda 🇺🇬.

👉 Check out the latest info at https://t.co/dQxCs9Rzz2

#BEACONHD #HorizonEU #GlobalHealth

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[Scott Isaacs @scottisaacsmd]

Obesity is not only a cardiometabolic disease. It is also a brain health issue. This excellent new review highlights the association of obesity, particularly in midlife, with cognitive decline and dementia risk, and explores the roles of insulin resistance, inflammation and vascular dysfunction.https://t.co/aYcZT4Cyat

[Richard Munana @Rimuck]

Looking forward to the impact to be made by @beaconhdeu

[Robert Kalyesubula,MD, FISN(USA), PhD-FRCP(London) @rkalyes1]

🔥 We have spent the last 3 days in Munich at the BEACON-HD orientation meeting.
@ACCESS_UG & @Makerere have been well represented.

🔥 BEACO-HD will use telehealth & CHWs to improve and sustain BP and DM care.
@Internist_02 @SemitalaFred

[Richard Munana @Rimuck]

Looking forward to science

[Robert Kalyesubula,MD, FISN(USA), PhD-FRCP(London) @rkalyes1]

🔥 Acquiring more knowledge and building stronger collaborations.

🔥 Building bridges for improved care in NCD care for rural areas like Nakaseke!

#BEACON-HD
@Internist_02
@DrOribaDan @SemitalaFred @ACCESS_UG @CelestinoGutirr @kafeeromj @Rimuck

[Richard Munana @Rimuck]

Honored to facilitate the first #PEA26 session with @reachahand on communicable & non-communicable diseases. While knowledge is powerful, it is actions that save lives. Let's prevent disease through healthy choices, early care-seeking, and informed communities.

[Reach A Hand Africa @reachahand]

How prepared are you to protect yourself from diseases that affect your community?

Our first session with Dr. Richard Munana reminded us that knowing how diseases spread is only half the battle the real win is acting on that knowledge. Sleep under a mosquito net, drink safe water, and practice good hygiene. When something doesn't feel right, get checked by a health professional early. #PEA26 #ReachAhandAfrica

[Lung Institute, Makerere University @Lung_Institute]

A bold statement from @brucekirenga Founder and Director @Lung_Institute at the #MLIat10 bimonthly webinar series that kicked off yesterday.
In case you missed the session its available: https://t.co/KvIwecAX0c @Jackynakabira @rnantanda @winterzie @Zahranamuli @emkansiime

[Charles Peter Mayiga @cpmayiga]

Obubaka buno bulungi nnyo👏👏

Weebale nnyo Muzzukulu wa Mugema, Divine Mercy Nalwanga.

#KatikkiroMayigaAt12

[Richard Munana @Rimuck]

@piratesrugbyUG @isaacmukiibi19 @bamulanzeki @stanbicug @NileSpecial @nextradio_ug @UgandaRugby @piratesfansug @Kingsparkarena @LONE_Africa @rugby_agency Y

[Richard Munana @Rimuck]

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[African Community Center for Social Sustainability @ACCESS_UG]

Embracing Progress: President's End-of-Year Message .
@EstherloyKatali
@rkalyes1
@SemitalaFred
@DrMutungaEA
@KamaraDaniel3
@weswaivan
@Rimuck

[Robert Kalyesubula,MD, FISN(USA), PhD-FRCP(London) @rkalyes1]

Our Lung health work from Nakaseke has been published!

Challenges to Implementation of Community Health Worker-Led COPD Screening and Referral in Rural Uganda: A Qualitative Study using the Implementation Outcomes...
@balamu_NCD
@ACCESS_UG
@TrishulMD

https://t.co/2MjQSl77Yc

[African Community Center for Social Sustainability @ACCESS_UG]

UPDATE:The brilliant minds from McMaster's paid us a special visit at @ACCESS_UG. It was a truly remarkable experience having such a talented team on board. Stay tuned for the incredible insights they shared with us.

[African Community Center for Social Sustainability @ACCESS_UG]

Excited to announce the upcoming "ACCESS IMPEDE_CVD Dissemination Workshop"! Join us as we bring together experts, researchers, and policymakers to enhance the dissemination of key insights and findings from the IMPEDE_CVD project.

[Robert Kalyesubula,MD, FISN(USA), PhD-FRCP(London) @rkalyes1]

See our work @ACCESS_UG & @balamu_NCD featured in Germany’s largest weekly newspaper.
Thank you @globalhealth_de

https://t.co/4mZYR441s0

[African Community Center for Social Sustainability @ACCESS_UG]

Excited to announce the tree growing exercise at @ACCESS_UG together with @tree_adoptionug . Let's harness the power of nature to create a greener and more sustainable future.
@rkalyes1
@DrOribaDan
@CharlesBatte

[Robert Kalyesubula,MD, FISN(USA), PhD-FRCP(London) @rkalyes1]

🔥🔥 Alex Married Faith today and they became the Kayongos.
Congratulations 👏
@ACCESS_UG
@Lung_Institute
@ekakooza
@balamu_NCD
@EstherloyKatali
👇 This is how doctors do it!!

[Robert Kalyesubula,MD, FISN(USA), PhD-FRCP(London) @rkalyes1]

Happy to see @ACCESS_UG represented well by our community health worker at the ongoing conference.
✅ CHWs play a key role at the Frontline & all efforts should be taken to empower and support them.
@NamaWellness
@join_chic
@balamu_NCD